Activism
German activist art group sells 'anti-fascist' works on eBay to support left-wing organisations
Peng collective auctions off ten objects bought from committed anti-fascists for €10,000
France reconfirms that women baring their breasts in public is illegal—even for artists and protestors
Two women who are part of the Ukrainian feminist group Femen were charged for topless protests, one of which was in a Paris museum
'We need to dance our asses off': artist and activist Patrisse Cullors on the joys of Black resistance
The Los Angeles-based artist discusses how dance can bring political power to marginalised communities
Climate activists take over British Museum in all-night protest against BP sponsorship
Organisers of the three-day action, the group BP or not BP?, called it the "largest protest in the history of the museum"
Photojournalist Shahidul Alam—who served time for his activism—gets retrospective at the Rubin Museum
After spending months in a Bangladeshi jail, the artist continues to speak out against injustice
Badiucao: meet the Chinese artist illustrating the Hong Kong protests
China’s ‘artful dissident’ has attracted worldwide attention through his drawings of protests, but he is still little-known in the art world
Power—and pesos—to the people, as 'artivism' project travels around New York’s East Harlem
Mural in Santa Fe underscores violence against Indigenous women
The work holds weight in New Mexico, which has the highest rate of violent crimes against Native American women in the US
Sudanese political cartoonist Khalid Albaih is the first recipient of the Freedom artist’s residency
The new project, launched by Pen America and ArtX, aims to support at-risk artists
Tania Bruguera fights censorship by launching investigative journalism project in Cuba
The artist and activist, whose School of Integration runs at Manchester International Festival, will organise workshops and awards for new writers
Activists to stage alternative biennial in Havana
Independent artists groups plan to put Cuba's controversial Decree 349 to the test
Why we need an independent biennial in Havana
The San Isidro Group of Cuban artists explain their plans for the Bienal Sin 349
Pussy Riot supporter Pyotr Verzilov in critical condition after suspected poisoning
Activist who was recently imprisoned for Russian group's World Cup protest in July "lost his vision, speech and ability to walk"
Philippines Supreme Court upholds conviction of artist-activist Carlos Celdran for 'offending religious feelings'
Case against Filipino artist who protested in support of reproductive rights in Manila Cathedral, continues as solicitor general asks court to reconsider
Naked 'clown Trump' statue installed on Los Angeles billboard
In their latest project, the guerrilla group Indecline compares the US president to serial killer John Wayne Gacy
Will museums stop accepting Sackler money in wake of Massachusetts lawsuit?
Eight members of the family are being sued for helping to fuel the opioid epidemic through their pharmaceutical company
Artist collective tackles 'disappearing kids' under US immigration policy
This latest impromptu project is a direct response to Trump's "willingness to inflict trauma on young children and families”, the group says
Anish Kapoor sues NRA for copyright infringement
An image of his Chicago sculpture Cloud Gate was used in a video by the gun lobby that the artist says “seeks to whip up fear and hate”
Open letter signed by over 100 artists, including Grayson Perry, slates UK’s education policy
New Ebacc qualification marginalises the arts and damages the future of young people in the country, say Turner prize winners
Art collective Indecline stages secret anti-Trump work in his New York hotel
The temporary prison installation featured live rats, McDonald’s wrappers and a handcuffed lookalike depicting “Trump’s likely fate”
Ethics and aesthetics: the increasing prominence of socially engaged art
Away from the glitz of record-breaking auction prices and extravagant art parties, austerity has given strength to a new movement of socially engaged artists
'Sexuality, Politics and Protest': The Frieze talk on activism after AIDS
Considering why artistic responses to the AIDS crisis are relevant today
Chris Bratton: “I see a new, pervasive and global condition of fundamentalist violence directed against dissident images and thought”
President of the San Francisco Art Institute on art and censorship
Artists in Malaysia facing censorship, ethnic separation and Islamicisation
But it is a lively scene that looks to the international art world