US presidential election 2024

‘A lot of damage can be done’: the art world reacts to Donald Trump’s victory in US election

While some are confident that certain democratic institutions and safeguards will hold, many expressed fear, shock and dismay

Carrie Mae Weems lends images for Kamala Harris ad

A few photographs from the artist’s famed “Kitchen Table Series” appear in a new video promoting the vice president’s campaign

Comment | In the run up to the US election, Boston's Museum of Fine Art is hopeful about art's role in a democratic future

The museum's latest exhibition explains and scrutinises democracy through objects spanning 2,500 years

Phoebe Segal

Shepard Fairey murals of Kamala Harris go up in battleground states as early voting begins in US presidential election

One of the murals, in Durham, North Carolina, brought together Fairey, cultural organiser Wyatt Closs, gallery owner Linda Shropshire and the local community

More than 100 artist donated works to fundraise for Kamala Harris

Jeff Koons, Kara Walker, Jenny Holzer, Jasper Johns, Amy Sherald and many others are offering works through the Artists for Kamala fundraising sale and auction

Where the US presidential candidates stand on the arts

Neither major party has a clear policy on art and culture, but the candidates' past actions offer hints at their priorities

An art-world wish list for the next US president

Leaders in the arts including Megan Beyer and Maxwell L. Anderson, as well as artists like Petah Coyne and Eric Fischl, articulate their hopes for the next administration's cultural policies

Artists and collectors rush to support Kamala Harris campaign

Since Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race, much of the US art world has embraced Harris. Meanwhile, conservative patrons remain split on the Republican candidate, former president Donald Trump

In Chicago for the Democratic National Convention, artist Autumn Breon's neon-pink vending machine proffers free self-care

Breon’s free installation is one of several activations coinciding with the convention in the city that are co-organised by For Freedoms, the artist-led civic engagement group

Michelle Obama turns to art to inspire voter turnout at forthcoming US election

The American artist Shepard Fairey, meanwhile, has released a print of Democratic candidate Kamala Harris