Aishat Kadyrova marked her appointment by announcing an exhibition in the Chechen capital of historic weaponry from the State Hermitage Museum

Abdul Wasi Rahraw Omarzad set up a school for women artists and Afghanistan’s only art journal

Some European gallerists say they may not participate in future London fairs because of how "extremely complicated" it has become

Artist and activist who has fled her home country says it is “immoral” to travel to Cuba "when there are so many people [there] who have been wrongfully imprisoned”

Former Brexit Party candidate Inaya Folarin Iman joins board of the National Portrait Gallery in London

The outspoken museum chief is leading the St Petersburg ticket of United Russia, the pro-Putin ruling party, in national parliamentary elections this weekend

Plus, Van Gogh’s final months and master printer Kenneth Tyler on Helen Frankenthaler

The right-wing politician, who appeared on the TV programme I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, replaces Oliver Dowden

Covid impact on commercial income has led to cost cutting, organisation says

Work left inside the British embassy will be protected, vow Taliban insurgents

Turkish authorities behind the legal saga have been criticised by the European Court of Human Rights

UK government agrees that new regime must "safeguard the full diversity of Afghan culture"

Rita Flores is the most recent member of the feminist collective to have been sentenced

Of the 169 online campaigns related to the arts since they were introduced, only three have been debated in the House of Commons

Artists and writers are among those targeted by the government, causing human rights groups to raise an alarm about abuses

A group show at Oolite Arts explores the ways government power plays out and can be counteracted by those under its influence

Unesco and citizen action groups have campaigned for the move for years

The 11 June protests, the largest seen on the island in 30 years, were sparked by years of economic hardship and a lack of government support for its people

The 27N member's colleagues believe he may have been tried in absentia for subverting the Cuban government.

Ex-politician, who presided over austerity cuts to culture, takes up the position on 4 October

The activist spoke about her own experiences with state repression and the growing movement for political change in the country

Museums who partner with China need to know about the violence, says panel investigating alleged crimes against humanity

His film Petrov’s Flu has been nominated for the prestigious Palme d’Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival

Ongoing negotiations for a new satellite of the Russian museum will focus on a collaboration with the Barcelona opera house

"Independence cuts both ways," UK culture secretary Oliver Dowden warns museums and heritage bodies

"Art is essential to the growth of this country," say 300 art world figures and academics in open letter

“We are facing up to our historical and moral responsibility”, says culture minister Monika Grütters

As Israel and Denmark introduce Covid-19 status certificates, institutions are concerned that government schemes may keep visitors away

"As long as the Communist Party is in power, Cuba will be a ‘dictatorship’," some believe as Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel takes over leadership