Three members of jury that voted on Poland's 2024 Venice Biennale pavilion show hit out at plans
The trio are part of a larger group of critics arguing that the exhibition follows the narrative of the current Law and Justice (PiS) government's “right-wing, martyrdom-oriented cultural policy”
Poland's arts community cautiously optimistic as right-wing ruling party fails to win majority
Poles voted in record numbers on the weekend, paving the way for the opposition parties led by Donald Tusk to form a coalition government
Museums in line of fire ahead of Polish election
Opposition parties, not government, behind latest sacking of cultural leader
International outcry at dismissal of prominent Polish museum director
Leaders of foreign museums have joined Polish colleagues in condemning the removal of Joanna Wasilewska from her role at Warsaw’s Asia and Pacific Museum
How Poland's museum community is stepping up to support Ukrainian colleagues
Cultural institutions in the neighbouring country are sending emergency aid and housing refugees
Shock as Janusz Janowski appointed new director of Poland’s leading Zacheta National Gallery of Art by right-wing culture minister
Most recent hire without an open competition is viewed by critics as latest step in government's agenda of placing conservative appointees in control of cultural institutions
Budapest’s green mayor puts brakes on €250m New National Gallery
Local politicians block construction on cultural quarter backed by right-wing government, citing “enormous impact on environment”
Hungary presses ahead with sprawling culture hub in Budapest city park
Vast collections centre for 300,000 objects inaugurated as construction continues on ambitious museums quarter for Hungarian capital
Krakow City Council rejects mayor’s plan to merge the city’s two leading contemporary art spaces
Councillors vote down proposal to combine the longstanding Bunkier Sztuki gallery with the Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków
Top five acquisitions of the month
Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter museum collections worldwide, from Van Dyck’s portrait of a princess bride to a rare painting by a Brazilian Modernist
Poland’s right-wing government accused of hijacking prize-winning museum
Heated dispute over European Solidarity Centre in Gdansk taking place in the aftermath of the killing of the city’s mayor, Paweł Adamowicz
Ukrainian nationalists target lecture at Kiev arts centre as far-right activity rises
Protesters accused of leaving behind swastika graffiti at talk organised by Izolyatsia arts centre
Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest unveils €6.6m Van Dyck
Portrait of Charles I’s daughter was purchased at Christie’s, London in December
Naiza Khan to represent Pakistan in country’s first-ever participation at the Venice Biennale
London- and Karachi-based artist's show will explore life on Manora Island
Works by finalists competing for $100,000 Future Generation Art Prize go on show in Kiev
The winner will be announced in March and an updated version will go on show in Venice during the Biennale
Veteran Romanian artists to represent their country at Venice Biennale
Three artists who endured communist era will show new versions of installations
Experts pour cold water on Klimt discovery in Hungary
Designer who unearthed the plaster relief attributes it to the Austrian artist
Analysis: impact on sea-level rise on ten World Heritage sites around the Med
We asked officials at ten major sites how prepared they were—with alarming results
Budapest museum's Romanesque Hall returned to former glory
The Szepmuveszeti Muzeum restoration ushers in a series of ambitious art projects in Hungarian capital
Central and Eastern European artists come together to collect anti-populist works
Collection Collective launches new website as part of initiative that hopes to challenge institutional and private models of collecting
Authorities destroy sculptures in the Maldives
Destruction of Jason deCaires Taylor's Coralarium installation came after condemnation by local Muslim leaders and politicians
After censorship row, what next in Hungary?
Brussels shows and Budapest appointment overshadowed by government’s hands-on cultural policy
Foreign minister calls for Warsaw’s Palace of Culture to be demolished
Sikorski says that it would be better to have a park in its place