NewsControversies
Nan Goldin’s anti-opioid activist group storms New York museums
Pain held demonstrations at the Guggenheim and the Met over the weekend
NewsControversies
Tory peer involved in controversial sale of Iraqi antiquities
Reliefs from Ashurnasirpal II’s Nimrud palace, fixed to the walls of a Scottish mansion, have been removed, stripped and sold abroad
NewsControversies
'Too conservative' to direct France's arts academy? Jean de Loisy hits back at critics
A petition protesting his appointment at École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts has been signed by 60 arts professionals
NewsMuseums
Protesters stream into Whitney, calling for removal of board vice chairman
They assailed the trustee's business ties to the tear gas fired by US border agents
NewsControversies
Smoking pipe, razor and revolver removed from Van Gogh sculpture in London's Brixton
Controversial items relating to the artist's life were scrapped from original design over fears they could be linked to drug, knife and gun crime
NewsPhilanthropy
Sackler family—major cultural patrons—amassed $31.2m in offshore HSBC bank accounts, investigation finds
Mortimer Sackler opened a handful of accounts in Switzerland one month before federal prosecutors filed a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma in 2005
NewsSaudi Arabia
Columbia University cancels talk with Saudi artist Ahmed Mater amid scrutiny over the kingdom’s cultural funding
The Metropolitan and the Brooklyn museums have also decided not to use money from the Crown Prince’s arts organisation for related events
NewsCensorship
Wolfgang Tillmans and Tania Bruguera pledge support for censored Serralves Museum director
João Ribas has stepped down following censorship row around Robert Mapplethorpe show
NewsBerlin
Ambitious project to build replica Berlin Wall blocked by city authorities
Russia film-maker Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s giant installation based on 700 hours of film faces insurmountable bureaucratic hurdles
NewsControversies
Authorities destroy sculptures in the Maldives
Destruction of Jason deCaires Taylor's Coralarium installation came after condemnation by local Muslim leaders and politicians
NewsSexual harassment
Belgian culture minister investigates Jan Fabre following allegations of sexual harassment
Twenty dancers sign letter saying that “humiliation” is rife in the artist's Troubleyn troupe
PreviewExhibitions
Brillo Boxes ‘faked’ by museum director included in new Andy Warhol show
Pop artist's fist institutional exhibition revisited 50 years on at Stockholm’s Moderna Museet
NewsPublic art
Anger over plans to 'banish' suffragette statue from Parliament to remote Regent’s Park site
Proposal to move Emmeline Pankhurst sculpture comes months after new Millicent Fawcett work was unveiled to celebrate centenary of female suffrage
NewsCommercial galleries
Artist withdraws work from gallery group show inspired by Peter Sellers brownface film
An op-ed criticising the exhibition for its dismissal of the movie's racist overtones has prompted some reflection
NewsMarina Abramovic
‘We’re all in the same boat’: Marina Abramovic poster angers Italian right-wing politician
Trieste deputy mayor Paolo Polidori calls image commissioned for sailing regatta “political propaganda”
BlogIn the frame
Catnapped: abduction of moody moggie Begemot from Moscow museum sparks media frenzy
NewsProtest
Peter Kennard among artists to remove their art from London's Design Museum in protest over arms event
Directors Deyan Sudjic and Alice Black say ‘professional activists exploited the situation’ and they stand by their ‘curatorial independence’
NewsLaw
Publishing company American Image Art strikes back in Robert Indiana case
Defendants in the much-publicised lawsuit allege the Morgan Art Foundation “duped” the US artist into giving up certain rights to his art
NewsControversies
Shepard Fairey joins group of artists demanding their work be removed from the Design Museum after ‘arms trade’ event
The London institution says it did not endorse the private event organised by the Italian aerospace company Leonardo
NewsControversies
Conflict-of-interest scandal at publicly funded UK arts centre Firstsite
Chairman and trustee resigned amid investigation into more than £90,000 spent on consultancy firm they directed
NewsMuseums
$890m Sydney museum move could be most expensive gallery relocation in history
Critics fear that plan will lead to parts of the Powerhouse Museum’s collection being sold off
NewsArt schools
Director of France's beleaguered national arts academy criticises culture minister for lack of support
Jean-Marc Bustamante has not had his contract renewed at ENSBA, where teachers have been accused of sexual harassment
NewsAfrican art
Contested Asante trophy head to shine in new Wallace room
Seized during the Ashanti war and long held by the London museum, the prized Ghanaian work is to be displayed in a new permanent gallery
NewsControversies
Beatrix Ruf, former Stedelijk Museum director, cleared of alleged conflicts of interest
Report commissioned by Amsterdam city council finds that she complied with Dutch regulations
NewsControversies
Once bitten, twice shy: Canadian artist caught using comedians' photos without permission promises no more funny business
Despite controversy over public art project in Calgary, Derek Michael Besant has been commissioned to create a similar work in Ottawa
NewsMuseums
German museum and auctioneer Im Kinsky tussle over looted glass goblet
Object was returned to consigner not museum from where it was looted at the end of Second World War
NewsAppointments & departures
Zeitz Mocaa director Mark Coetzee embroiled in #MeToo scandal
Curators accuse the Cape Town museum director of inappropriate and abusive behaviour, according to local reports
NewsCensorship
Instagram deletes photographer Dragana Jurisic's account and Facebook censors her work
Image is no more contentious than those shared on the platforms by celebrities such as Kim Kardashian, supporters say
NewsControversies
Paris mayor wants to turn city into ‘refuge’ for works in conflict zones
Anne Hidalgo’s plan, which has drawn fire, involves storing items threatened by conflict in buildings owned by the city authority
NewsExhibitions
Controversial animal works pulled from Guggenheim New York will go on show in Bilbao
Contemporary Chinese installations drew 'threats of violence' from animal rights activists last year
InterviewSonia Boyce
‘At the heart of all this is the question of power’: Sonia Boyce on the notorious Hylas and the Nymphs takedown
The artist reveals the story behind the headlines and the film she made about the painting's removal
NewsControversies
Chinese art professor responds to sexual assault allegations
Xu Gang has been dismissed as curator of the Shenzhen Biennale
NewsControversies
Adel Abdessemed’s blazing chickens withdrawn from Lyon show
Violent animal video triggers another avalanche of criticism for provocative Algerian artist
Newsgun control
'Disgusted' Anish Kapoor condemns NRA’s use of his Chicago ‘Bean’ sculpture in advert
The organisation’s “intolerant, divisive vision perverts” the work’s democratic nature
NewsSponsorship
BAE Systems pulls sponsorship of Great Exhibition of the North after protests
The defence giant withdrew after Art not Arms petition condemned company’s sales to Saudi Arabia
NewsProtest
Tate's artist-in-residence resigns over institution's 'appalling response to sexual harassment'
Liv Wynter says Tate is failing women and people from ethnic minority backgrounds
FeatureMuseums
The ethics of appropriation
Can art represent the culture of marginalised groups without exploiting them? Jillian Steinhauer investigates
NewsControversies
Russian art critics challenge director of Ghent museum over show of dubious Russian avant-garde works
De Standaard newspaper reports that the contract allowed any piece in the display to be sold
NewsReligion
Church of the Holy Sepulchre re-opened after three-day protest closure
Shrine was shut amid escalation of Israeli-Palestinian hostilities
NewsCensorship
Facebook censors 30,000 year-old Venus of Willendorf as 'pornographic'
Nude statue is latest artwork to be deemed inappropriate by social media giant
NewsMuseums
Sam Durant and Anne Ellegood reflect on being in the hot seat of museum controversies
The artist and curator shared what they learned from their 2017 experiences during a College Art Association panel on "censorship"
NewsCensorship
Santiago Sierra work censored at Arco fair to be shown at Catalan museum
Media mogul Tatxo Benet says that censorship is damaging for artists—and the viewing public
NewsControversies
Palais de Tokyo removes work showing artist protesting against Dana Schutz's Open Casket painting
Parker Bright says protest image of him taken at Whitney Biennial was used by Neil Beloufa without permission
NewsControversies
Commission to investigate dubious Russian avant-garde works disbands due to 'a de facto veto of our work'
Belgium rocked by Ghent museum scandal and major museums consider refusing future loans
NewsControversies
Campaign group calls on Tate to remove Anthony d’Offay from its programme
The museum has already suspended contact with the retired dealer who is accused of sexual harassment
NewsMuseums
Controversial new director plans to turn Rome museum into art ‘asylum’
Critics objected to selection of Giorgio de Finis for role at Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma without an open recruitment process
NewsPerformance art
Artist burns Gothic structure made of twigs causing controversy in Russia
Nikolay Polissky's act took place at Nikola-Lenivets event, which is likened to the US Burning Man festival
NewsTate
Tate director Maria Balshaw apologises for comments about sexual harassment
Museum chief's interview with The Times was criticised by lobby group
NewsCollectors
Casino mogul and collector Steve Wynn resigns after sexual harassment claims
Billionaire has described the allegations as “preposterous”, but says he cannot continue to be effective in his current role
CommentDeaccessioning
Auction houses must share the blame for university sell-offs
Christie's sale of 46 works from La Salle collection will diminish the museum and its academic programme
NewsFakes & copies
The Art Newspaper's exposé helps close dubious Russian avant-garde art display in Ghent museum
Heirs of George Costakis, Naum Gabo and leading scholars disputed provenance claims of works on show at the Museum voor Schone Kunsten
NewsControversies
Louvre Abu Dhabi replaces map that omitted Qatar after international outcry
Museum claims it was an "oversight", but others say it was political
NewsContemporary art
Tate cuts ties with Anthony d’Offay amid sexual harassment claims
The retired dealer will no longer be involved with the Artist Rooms initiative
NewsMuseums
La Salle sell-off plan rebuked by professional museum and curator groups
Controversy prompts debate about the governance and ethics of university art museums
NewsMuseums
US university museum announces controversial sell-off
Christie’s sale of 46 works from La Salle collection, by artists such as Matisse and Degas, has angered arts professionals
NewsControversies
Polish parliament gift shop removes Jewish figurines from sale
The trinkets drew criticism from anti-racism campaigners
NewsControversies
Jock Sturges’s nudes incite strong feelings in Moscow, again
Activist targets American photographer’s latest show for second time amid claims of promoting paedophilia
NewsControversies
Candice Breitz renames video installation at National Gallery of Victoria's Triennial to protest against Australia’s treatment of refugees
South African artist is campaigning against gallery's contract with Wilson Security and its involvement with country's offshore detention facilities
NewsExhibitions
Arson or art? Russian photographer in trouble for torching dilapidated houses
Foundation protecting the country’s cultural heritage to launch an appeal to the Culture Ministry
NewsControversies
'Culture of fear' around reporting sexual harassment in UK arts organisations, survey says
Three quarters of known incidents go unchallenged according to Arts Professional study
NewsMuseums
The Met decides not to pull 'sexually suggestive' Balthus painting after petition signed by thousands
Controversy provides "opportunity for conversation", museum says
NewsMuseums
Mogul and Russian culture ministry vie with museum for prized icon
Curators call on St Petersburg prosecutor to investigate "criminal expropriation" of the artefact
NewsMuseums
Louvre Abu Dhabi opens but questions over welfare of migrant workers persist
Improvements are well documented, but rules are still inadequately enforced
NewsMuseums
Former Stedelijk director Beatrix Ruf blames 'misunderstanding' for departure
German-born curator hits back against “baseless” accusations of a conflict of interest
NewsSculpture
Henry Moore’s sculpture Old Flo returns home to London after 20 years
Work that was removed from East End housing estate now on show in Canary Wharf
NewsControversies
Censored 'sexual' sculpture finds new home at the Centre Pompidou
Domestikator piece was withdrawn by the Louvre from its surrounding gardens
NewsControversies
Sexually explicit sculpture pulled from Fiac after Louvre raises concerns
Domestikator was due to go on show in garden close to Paris museum as part of contemporary fair's public programme
NewsControversies
Sam Durant’s Scaffold to be buried, not burned
Dakota elders have decided the fate of the controversial sculpture
CommentExhibitions
Protest is one thing, destroying art is another
Sam Durant’s Scaffold is a powerful work that should provoke anger about the death penalty, not the artist’s ethnicity
NewsMuseums
Scotland's pioneering Inverleith House gallery saved from closure
Exhibition space in Edinburgh's botanic gardens has reopened after public outcry
NewsMuseums
Walker Art Center postpones opening of sculpture park after Native American protests
Sam Durant’s Scaffold, which includes a recreation of a gallows used to hang 38 Dakota men in 1862, will probably be dismantled
CommentExhibitions
Is nothing sacred? The Metropolitan Museum should apologise to the Vatican for Heavenly Bodies show
Curator Andrew Bolton’s Costume Institute blockbuster is pointlessly offensive to believers
Anna Somers Cocks