Activist groups condemn 'unjust' imprisonment of Sudanese artists including award-winning filmmaker Hajooj Kuka
Human Rights Watch among the organisations criticising the decision by Khartoum court to convict pro-democracy collective that were rehearsing a performance
Culture figures unite against mounting anti-LGBTQ sentiment in Poland
Open letter—signed by prominent writers Olga Tokarczuk and Margaret Atwood—demands the release of imprisoned activist Malgorzata "Margot" Szutowicz
International Criminal Court trial begins of Jihadist police chief accused of destroying Timbuktu’s cultural heritage
Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud is on trial for war crimes in Mali
In open-letter, Jewish Museum staff ask for greater diversity and transparency
The move follows growing frustration after a Zoom meeting among employees and upper management at the New York institution
Artist who represented Slovenia at 2015 Venice Biennale detained as country enters eighth week of anti-government protests
Jasa Mrevlje Pollak was thrown into the back of a police van during a demonstration last week triggered by corruption allegations
'Blatant censorship': Polish government issues artists with fines—then withdraws them
Ahead of Poland's ghost election earlier this month, a group of artists carried a 14-metre letter to parliament
Pioneering performance artist Ulay has died, aged 76
Marina Abramović's former partner and collaborator passed away in Ljubljana
PinchukArtCenter employees claim to have been sacked after attempting to form trade union
Ukrainian institution says the 28 guides were dismissed to make way for innovation
Right-wing director begins overhaul of Warsaw contemporary art centre
Controversial curator Piotr Bernatowicz has cancelled several 2020 exhibitions and cut funding from progressive art journal at Ujazdowski Castle CCA
Ten memes that define the absurdity of the art world in 2019
From Maurizio Cattelan’s $120k banana to dedicated viral accounts, here are the images that tickled us this year
How one artist is using theatre to draw attention to the EU asylum problem
Staging of a refugee trial asking audience to determine the fate of an asylum seeker poses questions about the 'theatrification' of migration issues
'No chance for art institutions': fears for freedom of speech as populist party set to win Polish elections
Expected victory for ruling Law and Justice party raises concerns that minority voices will be silenced as museums increasingly come under state control