Christie’s was due to support the sale of Wolfgang Flatz's tattooed tissue

Image of semi-naked Christ by Salustiano García prompts petition while LGBTQ groups defend the work

A row erupted last summer over transparency issues concerning her appointment

Louis-Antoine Prat, a French art historian and Old Master drawings collector, has been accused of slandering a respected art dealer with antisemitic stereotypes in his new book

French art historian is “horrified by the accusation of antisemitism” following the publication of his collection of short stories

The publication of the letter, which called for a ceasefire to the Israeli bombing of Gaza, was "not consistent with Artforum’s editorial process", the magazine's publishers said in a statement

The simplification of complex issues is enabled by weak or fearful cultural institutions and and strident self-righteousness

The National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden has reportedly been criticised for “portraying Tutankhamun as Black”

Public art is often lauded for bringing art out of hallowed gallery spaces and inviting everyone to see and opine on it. But it’s also fiendishly difficult to do well

The 2022 edition of the German exhibition became mired in controversy after criticism that some works included antisemitic images

Landlords have given the community of 25 artists and small businesses one week to leave

Conservative Party peer Emma Nicholson has lambasted the London museum for "propaganda" in open letter

After a professor was dismissed for showing the depictions, faculty have voted that Fayneese Miller should step down over mishandling the issue

US university's decision to dismiss employee for displaying the 14th- and 16th-century works has been described as an "egregious violation" of academic freedom

Professor Ken Arnold, co-curator of the Medicine Man display that was considered "racist, sexist and ableist", on the recent controversy

The new garden, containing 52 sculptures of pets by 50 local artists, has been criticised by many in the city’s arts community

Bolland & Marotz in Bremen issued a statement this week saying it was "outraged" by the incident

Candice Breitz, Chika Okeke-Agulu, Ghada Amer and Athi-Patra Ruga all spoke out against the duo on social media

This edition of the Kassel quinquennial was engulfed by a row over antisemitism and racism that has drawn comment from Germany's senior politicians

Pyotr Pavlensky has been ordered to stand trial in France over leaked sex videos that brought down a close ally of President Emmanuel Macron

Trustees who say they were summarily dismissed over email as retaliation claim that the board chair concealed information about an FBI subpoena months before the Basquiat exhibition opened

‘Anti-woke’ activist appointed along with Rosalind Blakesley and Rusty Elvidge

A religious court sentenced him to death for blasphemy in 2015. Saudi artist Ahmed Mater says times have changed and this would be unlikely to happen today

Aleksandr Vasiliev had used a ballpoint pen to draw eyes on the stylised figures in a painting by avant-garde artist Anna Leporskaya

The museum's board chair and its recently appointed interim director have both resigned as the fallout from an FBI raid in June continues

Sajjad Abbas, Raed Mutar and Layth Kareem say curators "prioritise the display of wrongly imprisoned Iraqis"

This version of the late artist's 6-Day Play is a "toned down" iteration of the 1998 original—but it felt primal, real and morbidly beautiful

Imperial College Union has released a motion to prevent the work's installation saying it could be considered "exclusionary"

Some say the images, alongside First Lady Olena Zelenska, are in poor taste as the battle with Russia continues while others argue it will promote Ukraine's cause

Sabine Schormann's decision to resign as head of the Kassel exhibition was supported by a number of leading German politicians