Manifestos make big promises on the arts but remain vague on funding nation prepares to go to the polls <br>
Jane Jakeman on art since the Arab Spring
As the polls open today, and the UK votes for its next government, the British artist is standing against the architect of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition’s education policy, Michael Gove. We joined them on the campaign hustings
Ten new works for parts of the city thanks to High Street Fund initiated after 2011 riots<br>
As the European Union announces its latest grants, applicants find the barriers to success getting higher
Second edition to open at the Visual Culture Research Center in September with related projects across Europe, curators say
Zaki Nusseibeh of the UAE endorses the role of institutions such as the British Museum during discussion with French cultural leader Jack Lang
But it remains unclear what chance either proposal has of passing into law while Republicans control both houses of Congress
Denmark’s Asger Jorn was far more than a painter
The union of devotional imagery and religious observance was a comfort
A Belgian court recently found Tuymans guilty, a ruling that ignores appropriation’s vital role in art over the centuries and has worrying implications for the future
Artists can fight for freedom as the country asserts its independence, says gallery founder Victor Pinchuk
Bob and Roberta Smith’s crusade against cuts is bringing politics and mayhem to the Swiss fair
The artist has condemned Narendra Modi, widely expected to be India's next prime minister
Galleries and artists see improvement after temporary relaxations were implemented to discourage nuclear proliferation
An indispensable book on Morris’s revolutionary cloth designs and techniques—and the political views that inspired them
Is this change in China a cause for celebration?
Lal Muhal in Delhi was demolished on 30 October
Al Masryeen Al Ahrar (The Free Egyptians) is led by the Coptic art collector
Protestors claim archaeology project is sham to prevent political protests.
Pressure eased over extradition of former KGB agent as Yuri Gagarin statue is unveiled in London
Iran was gratified by the ruling that a foreign state's property in the US is exempt from such inquiries
Damage to the Egyptian Museum is just the latest example of the politicisation of archaeology.
Lynn Hershman Leeson’s film is an invaluable historical record of the feminist art movement in the US
“Ars Homo Erotica” exhibition runs 11 June to 5 Septmber
This development has done little to alleviate lingering tensions between Iran and Britain
Antiquities museum hit; fears grow for excavated archaeology.
British Museum also offers to assist Iraqis to present antiquities