More than 20 artists have withdrawn from British Art Show 9 in support of "political freedom, and artistic expression in cultural institutions and universities across the UK"

Russia has warned of "legal repercussions" for taking part in anti-war demonstrations

BP or not BP demonstrated against the museum's partnership with the oil giant over the weekend

Local associations are objecting to plans to transform part of the former shipyard into a new site for the Biennale’s historical archives

Collectors can write their own message about China’s regime onto the blockchain

Yulia Tsvetkova, a LGBTQ activist-artist, is facing pornography charges for posting body-positive drawings

Initiative questions why gyms, hair salons and brothels have reopened but culture venues remain closed in the Netherlands

The museum initiated the project last year in the aftermath of the violent far-right riot on 6 January, and has added artefacts originating not only with the rioters but also those who acted against the mob

A sharp fuel price hike triggered widespread demonstrations in the former Soviet republic with artists calling for a stop to the violence

More than 200 workers at the museum are striking for a day in protest of stalled contract negotiations

Proposed legislation aimed at cracking down on unruly protests may criminalise protest art

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

The Colombian ministry of culture says it will form a committee to review contested memorials

Plus, Michael Landy's exhibition at Firstsite and artist Shahzia Sikander on a manuscript miniature

A series of installations and programmes draw on the Center for Brooklyn History's extensive archive

The Plywood Protection Project has given five artists material to create new public works in each borough

The city’s residents will be able to use the space for performances or public action, as well as take part in a programme of artist-led events

The 27-year-old activist is demanding that her criminal trial be held in public

The 15 May demonstration is part of her ongoing Wahlkampagne criticizing Germany’s education system

While the Eighth Congress of the Cuban Communist Party ignored the needs of the people, the activist group 27N published a manifesto encapsulating their aims for the future

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

Recent excavation has uncovered late Neolithic and Bronze Age artefacts and human remains

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

Exhibition coincided with protests against the government's appointment of Melih Bulu as the new rector of Istanbul’s Bogazici University

Group faced prison sentence after filming a “punk prayer” against President Putin in 2012 at Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Saviour

We ask artists, writers and experts on Middle Eastern art about their memories of the revolutionary movements—and what they think the lasting legacies are

Lecturers have stopped assessing students after management consultants propose mass overhaul

As demonstrations swept the country last weekend, Tima Radya as well as Masha Alekhina, Victoria Narakhsa, and Lucy Shteyn were held by police

Artists Dread Scott and Glenn Ligon among cultural figures pointing out stark contrast in how law enforcement handled the mob compared with Black Lives Matter protestors

Decision comes as scrutiny mounts over the university’s colonial legacy, including at Oriel College where a commission on Cecil Rhodes monument has been delayed