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."

The Iraqi-Kurdish artist examines migration and contemporary politics in his solo show at the New Museum

Institutions remember the turbulent period and consider its legacy

The photographer calls on Elizabeth Sackler to support proposed law amid family members’ denials of responsibility for health crisis

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

His documentation of the Iranian Revolution in his home country sparked a career-long fascination with the world’s major faiths

A site dedicated to the 4,400 victims of lynching and a museum about the country’s legacy of inequality opens

Exhibition at Ludwig Museum aims to uncover work that remains "a blind-spot in the European cultural arena"

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

The country is due to sign a massive contract with the kingdom to turn Mada’in Saleh and the Al-Ula region into a cultural tourism destination

The Lega party—which may soon be in power—believes that Italy, through its culture, can lead the world

The US artist finds contemporary resonance in the 1940s novel

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

A new law bans government-funded oil portraits of officials, but most paintings have been paid for privately for years

After pushing to eliminate the agencies, US President Donald Trump reluctantly signed a spending bill that assures their survival for 2018

In an online competition devoid of irony, the archaeological site threatened by destruction was a strong contender for the name of Putin’s new weapon

The Austrian artist Martin Roth says the aim is to create a space to discuss violence in the US and help visitors, including school children, take action

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

Fourth term comes amid escalating tension between Russia and UK, resulting in expulsion of British Council from the country