Seventeen artists were killed, 82 imprisoned and 133 detained over the past year in 26 countries, according to new Freemuse study

Independence of museums and heritage bodies is at risk, say Ed Vaizey and Chris Smith, as Johnson’s government pushes ‘anti-woke’ agenda

Artists among those being arrested and tortured for speaking up against President Aleksandr Lukashenko

Commercial galleries, non-essential retail, and even gyms have been given the green light to open before museums under the UK government's "roadmap" to lift coronavirus restrictions

“Retain and explain” or restrain and refrain? Culture chiefs raise the alarm on government’s policy to keep problematic statues ahead of crucial meeting

Commercial galleries will be permitted to open from 12 April under the new plan to gradually lift Covid-19 safety measures

Art professionals “on and off the island” are urged to stop working with state-run institutions that have been “complicit in their silence” as the government amps up efforts to squash dissent

International Council of Museums committees in Ukraine and Poland appeal for help to secure Olena Pekh's release

Norway Grants pulled the award after Podkarpackie councillors voted for a resolution to "resist the promotion of LGBT ideology"

Although national museums are closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, Perpignan's Musée Rigaud, Casa Pairal, Musée Puig and the museum of natural history are open to the public again

Plus, India reconstructs its history and Navid Nuur on Walter de Maria

The Dutch government adopts a committee’s “radical” guidelines, putting it at the forefront of European efforts to return colonial-era museum acquisitions

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