A call for concrete action on art world salaries

Medieval sculpture on façade of Unesco World Heritage site in Wittenberg is one of around 30 similar pieces across Europe

Part of the 1960s US anti-war movement, artists then had nothing like the impact they have today

Work was painted last night at Marble Arch, where the climate change group had set up base camp for ten days of demonstrations

The climate change activists are targeting the museum because they say its “fortune was built on sugar cane production from colonial exploitation”

Artist Hervé Di Rosa describes the demand as "censorship"

Event, organised by grassroots climate justice group BP or not BP?, highlighted relationship between oil companies and war in Iraq

P21 show, organised by campaign group BP or Not BP, is due to coincide with a “mass takeover” of the British Museum

Finnish artist Jani Leinonen has asked museum to remove the work—with no response

The same old arguments in favour of ignoring the business dealings of trustees, of pretending museum programming can function independently of those funding it, cannot stand for long

But the bust of Napoleon is still being restored

Activist is among several artists detained in Havana on Monday ahead of planned protest

The humanitarian volunteer, held in a Greek jail for more than 100 days, faces charges of people smuggling

Kuwaiti artist Mohammad Sharaf hopes to provoke the general public as well as the authorities

Some residents object to exhibition space, arguing that the artist’s work is pornographic

Court decision comes after a wave of protests from cultural and political figures

Exhibition at east London's Auto Italia gallery is a British debut for the New York-based art collective

Speaking at an event organised by London's Institute of Contemporary Arts, the whistleblower said the statue's removal aligned with her own passion for 'direct action'

João Ribas has stepped down following censorship row around Robert Mapplethorpe show

Femen activists showed their support outside the courthouse by sewing their lips shut in a recreation of his first performance

Activist who was recently imprisoned for Russian group's World Cup protest in July "lost his vision, speech and ability to walk"

Document denounces effort to ‘punish free creation’

Students supporting cleaning staff picket the unveiling of £4.5m building on university campus

Leading UK names have signed an open letter raising concerns about human rights in Bangladesh

"The museum shifted its position substantially", union boss says

In their latest project, the guerrilla group Indecline compares the US president to serial killer John Wayne Gacy

Kochi Biennale organisers condemn “state-sanctioned violence” while Indian artists pledge to “shame the Bangladeshi authorities”

Activist is detained and charged after commenting on student protests in Dhaka

Around 250 staff members have been working without a contract since 20 May