Galleries in New York and Los Angeles make the most of their cultural and financial capital

“It’s a very potent time to raise many of these issues,” says curator of the Warhol survey opening at the Whitney Museum of American Art

Vatican conference on preventive conservation warns of environmental impact of short-term politics

Artist-run organisation For Freedoms’ country-wide initiative is a rallying point—even in right-leaning states

Auction houses and art dealers express ‘relief’ even as the US-China trade war escalates

In their latest project, the guerrilla group Indecline compares the US president to serial killer John Wayne Gacy

Even in arts journalism, one can see the effects of President Trump's inflammatory rhetoric against the press

British curator Norman Rosenthal says Blenheim Palace banquet “severely compromises” past exhibitions, while cultural figures speak out about president’s policies

A photograph of a frightened child at the Mexican border shows the enduring power of images to effect political change

This latest impromptu project is a direct response to Trump's "willingness to inflict trauma on young children and families”, the group says

They are increasingly sounding the alarm on global warming, through new works and collaborations with scientists

The programming series comes as Trump’s administration is fighting California over its "sanctuary state" laws

US Supreme Court called on to consider potential harm to arts organisations and the American public

The amicus brief signed by more than 100 museums should shame the justices of the US Supreme Court

Todd Brassner was close with and owned works by Andy Warhol, who made him a portrait

The payment came early on in the US presidential campaign in exchange for a 20-minute video appearance

The temporary prison installation featured live rats, McDonald’s wrappers and a handcuffed lookalike depicting “Trump’s likely fate”

Politicised work from the 1970s finds contemporary parallels at Aipad’s Photography Show

Activist curators and directors can make truly democratic spaces, but they need brave boards to support them

Others, including the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, support Christoph Büchel’s proposal to turn the eight designs into national monuments

The petition to make the proposed border wall a National Landmark is one of the worst excesses of contemporary art and needs to be called out

The president’s 2019 budget includes a similar proposal to last year’s failed plan to defund America’s arts bodies

While other artists sign open letter denouncing the concept

The artists Daria Marchenko and Daniel Green describe the work as “rich and cheap”

Georgina Adam on why Guggenheim's chief curator should rise above President and his "swampy" world