The liberal intelligentsia say the culture sphere is under attack, while officials argue that it is flourishing

Poland’s prime minister has offered to save the work from censorship and the “dictates of political correctness”

As well as backing arts-focused initiatives, the money will help support organisations working to change government policy

The pair were blindfolded then interrogated for up to 10 hours by authorities over their coverage of migrant workers

Ahmed Jahaf describes what it is like to live through catastrophic conflict

As Abu Dhabi Art fair opens, we speak to the Saudi artists Manal Al Dowayan and Ahmed Mater. Plus: Iraq's Dia Azzawi on creating the Arab world's Guernica

Ownership of vast library of Hebrew manuscripts and books has long been contested

The artist Hew Locke says a creative response to memorials dedicated to slave owners and empire builders can reveal hidden histories

The group says it splashed red paint on the statue as “an act of applied art criticism”

Chairman of the Anadolu Kültür centre, who is outspoken critic of Turkish president, was detained at Istanbul airport

Qatar Museums has called for more anti-embargo art on “bridges, tunnels and walls” across the country

More than 1,000 artists, curators and professionals have signed the protest document published by the pro-democracy collective Pela Democracia

Show of more than 40 artists includes Jenny Holzer, Grayson Perry and Gerhard Richter

Chinese artist was en route to premiere of his documentary Human Flow when staff wrongly claimed his visa was invalid

The protest work He Will Not Divide US has been moved four times after attacks by far-right extremists and vandals in the US and UK

Russian artist famous for nailing scrotum to Moscow’s Red Square invokes the “great French Revolution”

The artist discussed the impetus behind his New York City-wide public art project Good Fences Makes Good Neighbors

In a surprise election, the dark-horse candidate won the vote of the culture agency’s executive board

The feature-length film is now open in New York and Los Angeles

The State Department says the decision was based on concerns over funding and anti-Israel bias in the cultural organisation

Artist unveils his “black site” installation in Yorkshire as Guardian article reveals the suffering of prisoners shackled in dungeons in Afghanistan and Thailand

German design survey has opened alongside Deutsche Bank collection exhibition in beleaguered state

The government has launched an immediate consultation period with the aim of protecting African elephants

As the debate rages about divisive Confederate monuments, five leading US scholars and curators pick the nation’s greatest memorial sculptures

Colonial monuments and the US flag are subverted at Frieze London

Police oversaw end of protest as new director Chris Dercon said he could not find “common path” with occupiers

Joint letter urges parliament not to appoint far-right party member as chair of culture committee