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

After offering to return a work looted by the Nazis in exchange for his family’s former real estate, Khochinsky was placed under house arrest in New York and faced a 10-year prison sentence in Poland

The second round of funding will support works themed around incarceration by Xaviera Simmons, Hank Willis Thomas and Titus Kaphar, and a planned installation on the High Line

Newly-funded projects include abandoned department store that was the set for The Grand Budapest Hotel film

Boris Mints’s institution says that exhibitions are continuing to run

Early signs of the order’s impact on cultural exchange have artists and curators concerned

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

The art world has yet to tackle issues around works like Picasso’s $115m child-prostitute portrait

An image of his Chicago sculpture Cloud Gate was used in a video by the gun lobby that the artist says “seeks to whip up fear and hate”

Meeting will "brainwash many people" artist says

Leader of powerful Hindu organisation has threatened nationwide protests if long-awaited ruling "goes against Hindus' faith"

“The personal is political—this is a clear and present undercurrent,” says Volta artistic director Amanda Coulson

An Israeli art historian has spent 20 years trawling the country’s archives for Palestinian cultural property

Non-partisan platform For Freedoms has signed up over 200 institutions for the initiative, which aims to make art part of the public discourse

Comments come after Unesco calls for “mutually acceptable” solution to 200-year-old issue

The cap is the first “rapid response” exhibit in new vitrine

Artwork in the demilitarised zone remains unfinished and could be destroyed after the countries pledged an end to the war

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

She was sentenced to jail for "spreading terrorist propaganda" after posting a painting depicting a Kurdish town draped in Turkish flags

The Robby Poblete Foundation, started by the mother of an aspiring artist and gun violence victim, aims to take guns off the street and draw attention to daily shootings in minority neighbourhoods

Event resumes in the ancient city in the country’s south-east corner after years of tumult

World Press Photo Award winner was injured on her leg and suffered dizziness from tear gas

The attack on the two young women by 798 security staff has been condemned by LGBT groups, online activists and China’s art world

France's latest deal with the Kingdom reveals the close connection between culture and foreign affairs

We exclusively reveal the details of the plans for a “historic” collaboration

New Ebacc qualification marginalises the arts and damages the future of young people in the country, say Turner prize winners

New £3m fund announced for arts projects in northern England at Downing Street reception for creative industries

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

"In order to bring diversity to our all-white male artist stable, we decided to bring in a few other, slightly more affordable, white male artists."