Controversies
Polish parliament gift shop removes Jewish figurines from sale
The trinkets drew criticism from anti-racism campaigners
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
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
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
'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
The Met decides not to pull 'sexually suggestive' Balthus painting after petition signed by thousands
Controversy provides "opportunity for conversation", museum says
Mogul and Russian culture ministry vie with museum for prized icon
Curators call on St Petersburg prosecutor to investigate "criminal expropriation" of the artefact
Louvre Abu Dhabi opens but questions over welfare of migrant workers persist
Improvements are well documented, but rules are still inadequately enforced
Former Stedelijk director Beatrix Ruf blames 'misunderstanding' for departure
German-born curator hits back against “baseless” accusations of a conflict of interest
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
Censored 'sexual' sculpture finds new home at the Centre Pompidou
Domestikator piece was withdrawn by the Louvre from its surrounding gardens
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
Sam Durant’s Scaffold to be buried, not burned
Dakota elders have decided the fate of the controversial sculpture
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
Scotland's pioneering Inverleith House gallery saved from closure
Working group appointed after public outcry recommends new programme mixing art and horticulture
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
Hundreds of national museum workers on zero-hours contracts
Questions raised about the ethics of employment terms usually associated with discount stores and fast-food chains
Memorials to Norway massacre victims prove divisive
Artist Nico Widerberg’s sculptures welcomed by many, but the way an anonymous donor is funding them upsets others
Antony Gormley’s statue for UK war museum was shot down by Battle of Britain hero
The sculpture of a girl between a rocket and a missile "was a step too far for the board," says the UK artist
Versailles exhibitions spark controversy: Perrotin answers the critics
Three of Emmanuel Perrotin's artists host shows at the iconic French palace
Knives out for Pinault over resignation of Palazzo Grassi director
After director quits, billionaire accused of grandstanding his private collection
Pinault’s electric chair Christ upsets the French; black version to be shown in London
Paul Fryer's work was installed in the city of Gap over Easter weekend
Interview with Robert Storr, director of the 2007 Venice Biennale: "I would recommend dramatically increasing the number of national pavilions"
In the second part of our interview with Storr, he considers the question of how to make the historic event truly representative of today’s global art world
Ofili controversy at the Tate will lead to greater openness
After Tate resisted the release of the sums paid for Ofili's 'The Upper Room', Tate will now more often disclose the price of works bought from artist-trustees.
The curation and location of the upcoming exhibition of the late Prunella Clough's pieces is being contested by a number of dealers
However, this controversial exhibition at the Olympia Fine Art Fair might boost her posthumous profile
British Museum's findings on the Parthenon marbles cleaning incident said to lack key details
The publication is interpreted by William St Clair to be the result of efforts to protect the institution's reputation
Variant vindicated? Van Gogh Museum defends its “Garden of St Paul’s”
Van Gogh fakes controversy continues
William St Clair makes a rebuttal to the British Museum's defence of its competence to curate Parthenon Marbles
St Clair demands greater candour in the fallout of Lord Elgin and the Marbles' third edition, in which it was asserted that over-cleaning had irreparably damaged the marbles
We revealed that as many as forty-five well-known Van Goghs might be fakes. Now John Leighton, director of the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, responds
"There is room for uncertainty around the edges"