Culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano criticises museum for not opening on the Monday before All Saints Day but director Eike Schmidt says government must step in to find "reinforcements"

“Contemporary art project” Ai-Da gave evidence to the House of Lords, taking questions from bemused members

The UK's 15 nationally funded museums have seen visitor numbers drop by over a third compared to June 2019, thanks in large part to the pandemic. They are now facing price rises, with government support still unclear

A number of the Indian capital's major cultural institutions, including the National Museum, will be rehoused

Concern over Brothers of Italy policies ahead of 25 September election

Pyotr Pavlensky has been ordered to stand trial in France over leaked sex videos that brought down a close ally of President Emmanuel Macron

Putin’s international cultural envoy, Mikhail Shvydkoy, says Poland’s request has no legal grounds

The initiative from new activist group headed by Jewish South African artist Adam Broomberg and Palestinian activist Issa Amro aims to reveal the realities of the Palestinian struggle in the ancient city of Hebron

The former minister for universities has been promoted under the new prime minister, Liz Truss

As the October presidential election looms, the Bolsonaro administration is being scrutinised for its poor support of the cultural sector, while opponent Lula promises reform

Dorries, the 10th culture secretary in 12 years, was closely aligned with former prime minister Boris Johnson

Unesco warns of risks of construction works in the archaeological zone where the Bamiyan Buddha statues were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001

Leaders of the new Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan says it favours the conservation of the tangible heritage—including pre-Islamic monuments—but economic sanctions are getting in the way

Here are three big challenges they will face—and what to do about them

The next UK prime minister should abandon the war on "woke" and return to nuanced debate

Yevgeny Roizman, who established the Nevyansk Icon Museum in Yekaterinburg, was until yesterday the last prominent opposition politician in Russia to not have been arrested for speaking out against the war

Artist and his British wife Vicky Bowman are the latest detainees of the brutal junta that has killed thousands of citizens

Freedom of expression in India is dead because of Modi's "Hindu Taliban", the artist says

Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara was sentenced to five years in prison in June

International event—featuring storytelling, music, poetry and dance—aims to bring awareness to the continuing plight of Afghans

US Speaker of the House visits National Human Rights Museum amidst tense relations between Taiwan and China

From Cold War Steve and David Shrigley's creative responses to Bob and Roberta Smith's warning that bigger issues are at play

St. Petersburg museum also announces “a one-year moratorium on exhibitions in Europe and the US”

The comments from the former chancellor signals dramatic shift in museum’s policy and attitude ahead of planned protests this weekend

Imelda Marcos is just one of a series of despots with appalling taste

State meddling is “annihilating capacity of institutions”, says commissioner of Museum Watch Governance Management Project

Sri Lankan gallery owner Saskia Fernando says artists have found ‘an opportunity to use their art for greater purpose’ in response to the country’s economic and political turmoil

Critics say the sudden dismissal of Jarosław Suchan is the latest attempt by Poland's right-wing government at exercising greater control over cultural institutions

Plus, the dark truth of the Marcos family’s extravagance and Ruth Asawa at Modern Art Oxford

As Sue Gray report detailing the British government's breach of lockdown rules is published, we look at similar scenes in art history