Footage from the protest also shows the Cuban minister of culture striking a journalist

Plus, a $2.2m Batman comic and the artists inspired by political theorist Hannah Arendt

Luigi Brugnaro's "entrepreneurial" decision violates Venice's historic agreement with Italian state to keep the landmark open to the public

The reconstruction of the Central Vista is a significant step in the prime minister's efforts to sever the nation from its colonial past

Deputies rejected senators' proposal for a national council to advise the government on future restitution claims

Plus, Neville Wakefield on John McCracken's planks

Authorities are “building a case against” the artist, says sister

Work was pulled after the intervention of France's interior minister amid protests against a new bill that would have criminalised the publication of images of law enforcement

Support for the San Isidro Movement is growing, while Cuba’s government continues to retaliate against demonstrators calling for the release of jailed rapper Denis Solís González

In an op-ed published this weekend, Szilard Demeter called the billionaire financier 'the liberal Führer'

New organisation, Our World Heritage, is putting Unesco's feet to the fire

From Jules de Balincourt's painting of Kamala Harris to Rania Matar's photograph of Boston celebrations, we look at artists' reactions to Joe Biden's win

As Saudi Arabia prepares to host the G20 summit, the kingdom's culture minister argues that culture should be part of the agenda

Removal of ancient and modern specimens is latest run-in between President Erdogan’s government and foreign missions

As thousands take to the streets to protest against a near-total ban on abortion, the graphic designer Ola Jasionowska tells us about creating the movement's logo

Turkish-born Ahmet Ogut says the Yarat Contemporary Art Space refused to take down the exhibition banner with his name appearing next to the Azerbaijani flag

The country's artists and galleries are using their platforms to press for social change and support protestors

For first time in 100-year history, magazine replaces logo with the imperative to vote

Images capturing unrest will be shown during the next edition of the fair

A trio of pending laws has human rights groups raising the alarm that artists and institutions critical of President Ortega could be forcefully silenced

Signatories of the “Berlin Manifesto” include the Académie française and Arts Council England. It has been endorsed by Wim Wenders, Ken Loach and A. L. Kennedy among others

The activist performance artists called their actions “a gift as a symbol of the love and freedom that are lacking” for LGBTQ communities in Russia

New London show at Simon Lee Gallery also takes a swipe at art world excess

The physiognomy of deviousness, greed, ruthless opportunism, risible self-importance and gobsmacking albeit garden variety stupidity provides artists of Guston’s bent and calibre with a virtually bottomless well of imagery

Human Rights Watch among the organisations criticising the decision by Khartoum court to convict pro-democracy collective that were rehearsing a performance

Aleksandr Lukashenko regime continues to crackdown on Belarus’s contemporary arts community

The Brazilian president allegedly requested the removal of Os Orixás by the artist Djanira da Motta e Silva at the behest of his wife, an Evangelical Christian

In a letter leaked to The Art Newspaper, the culture minister Oliver Dowden tells directors they must raise their own funds during the pandemic—but how?

The government has fired all 41 technical staff, who safeguard an important collection of more than 250,000 works

Former chairman of Belgazprombank, which owns works by Chagall and Soutine, was arrested in June on charges of laundering $430m but many suspect it was politically motivated