Femen activists showed their support outside the courthouse by sewing their lips shut in a recreation of his first performance

Activist who was recently imprisoned for Russian group's World Cup protest in July "lost his vision, speech and ability to walk"

Document denounces effort to ‘punish free creation’

Rainer Opolka’s bronze sculptures, some making Nazi salutes, on show in Chemnitz for one day only

Pledge comes at a time of decline in arts subjects in schools

Head of Museum for Islamic Art says many in the art world are afraid to speak out

Leading UK names have signed an open letter raising concerns about human rights in Bangladesh

The country's prime minister Alexis Tsipras officially announced the end of the economic bailout with a speech in Ithaca

The exhibition was revived thanks to one of the country’s biggest crowdfunding campaigns, which raised more than $250,000

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

The polarising ex-army leaker will discuss artificial intelligence, LGBTQ rights and the links between digital technology and democracy

Trieste deputy mayor Paolo Polidori calls image commissioned for sailing regatta “political propaganda”

Kochi Biennale organisers condemn “state-sanctioned violence” while Indian artists pledge to “shame the Bangladeshi authorities”

The artist has compiled an exhaustive analysis of the political affiliations of trustees

Activist is detained and charged after commenting on student protests in Dhaka

Around 250 staff members have been working without a contract since 20 May

The actor, who will be working on improving Russian-American relations including culture, was granted a Russian passport by Putin in 2016

Directors Deyan Sudjic and Alice Black say ‘professional activists exploited the situation’ and they stand by their ‘curatorial independence’

Detroit house was saved in 2016 by the US artist Ryan Mendoza and Parks’s niece Rhea McCauley

The London institution says it did not endorse the private event organised by the Italian aerospace company Leonardo

Public hearings on the government’s plans are due to be held in Washington, DC in August

Online campaign criticises right-wing governments in Austria, Hungary and Poland and warns that Germany could be next

Russian activist group describes performance as a tribute to dissident poet and artist Dmitri Prigov

US Customs and Border Protection is considering whether to remove or preserve the painting, which some have complained is disrespectful

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

Lawyers for the Prussian Cultural Foundation argued that it was not “genocide” when the objects were sold in 1935

Museum admission charges will be on the agenda of MP who cites “James Bond films and playing golf badly” as interests