Turbulent year draws to a close with sector wracked by pandemic lockdowns and Black Lives Matter challenges

The artist has painted 400 portraits pulled from the news cycle to understand the people beyond the headlines

An expert view brought to you by our XR Panel of artists and storytellers who create in virtual reality and augmented reality

Goodman Gallery launches video programme today—and you can exclusively watch Yinka Shonibare's Addio Del Passato on The Art Newspaper website this Friday

The Gilcrease Museum has also received a $300,000 grant to conserve and digitise the ephemera collection "so that these atrocities would not be forgotten"

Bénédicte Savoy—co-author of the Sarr-Savoy report that recommends France return its African artefacts—warns of "collective amnesia" over restitution debates that happened 40 years ago

Ethical institutional practices such as staff equity and due diligence are essential investments, "not merely a luxury for flush times"

An open letter calls for the Whitney to “commit to a year of action—of mobilisation and introspection”

A lack of protections for—and an increase in domestic dangers to—photojournalists is becoming increasingly visible amid the pandemic and political rallies

Based on the 1860 Wide Awake movement that mobilised against slavery and helped elect Lincoln, the new network of artists and creatives has launched Kickstarter's largest collaboration to date

To evoke a watershed moment in society, Jorge Otero-Pailos has filled an abandoned natatorium with sounds recorded from bodies of water in New York State

Courtney J. Martin explains why it is time to reposition the Paul Mellon collection

The British artist accused European authorities of "deliberately" ignoring distress calls issued by the overwhelmed Louise Michel, a vessel he financed to aid migrants crossing the Mediterranean

Officials voted recently to keep the monument on courthouse property in Lake Charles, Louisiana, but Hurricane Laura made an executive decision

Many black artists objected to an exhibition after they discovered their work had been acquired by the museum through discounted sales to benefit anti-racism causes

Drawings exploring systemic violence and injustice will also travel to Bronx Museum of the Arts

Painter who famously depicted Michelle Obama honours 26-year-old for magazine's September issue

As the Black Lives Matter movement goes global, museums face renewed demands to restitute artefacts plundered from Africa

Jackson’s says it is campaigning to help dismantle “exclusionary culture” that privileges caucasian skin tones as the "default"

Destinee Ross-Sutton has co-organised the online selling show Say It Loud which features works by 22 artists including Nelson Makamo and Yoyo Lander

An outdoor exhibition of the sculptor’s work has been postponed to give space to the Black Lives Matters movement

Photographers have criticised the Amsterdam-based photojournalism organisation, which states its core values are “accuracy, diversity, and transparency”

Following weeks of upheaval among current and former staff, the museum has issued a list of actions to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion

Racism runs far deeper than representation, says the artist Thomas J. Price

Statue that replaced toppled monument to slave trader Edward Colston has polarised opinion

Galleries, fairs and auction houses are issuing solidarity statements and re-evaluating the diversity of their staffs. But "performative wokeness” will not fix the market’s whiteness

Cultural institutions from Amsterdam to Utrecht will work together to advance diversity and inclusion in programming, audiences and staff

Tudor specialist has been widely condemned for remarks on slavery and Black Lives Matter in YouTube interview

US and UK museums have been accused of tokenism, hypocrisy and fake solidarity for rushing to declare support for Black Lives Matter. Where do they go from here?