Protests
The Georgian artists at the forefront of anti-government protests
When Georgia’s government tried to impose a Russian-style ‘foreign agent’ law, the cultural community hit back hard
Protests erupt outside Archaeological Museum in Athens as David Chipperfield revamp announced
Riot police watched over crowds at the media launch, attended by the Greek prime minister
Drag queen event at Tate Britain sparks protests between trans-rights activists and right-wing groups
Aida H Dee’s storytelling event disrupted by fighting outside London museum
University exhibition closes after students decry 'racially insensitive' art in MLK Day protest
Artist Dominique Simmons opted to remove her work from an exhibition at Arkansas Tech University after hundreds of students marched in protest against its presence on campus
Museums and heritage in 2022: industrial unrest, climate protests and damage to historic artefacts in Ukraine
New and refurbished museums open in Antwerp, Los Angeles and Sydney as Italian archaeologists make the "discovery of a generation" in a hilltop town in Tuscany
Artist Katharina Grosse calls on Iran to overturn death sentences of LGBTQ activists
Zahra Sedighi-Hamadani and Elham Choubda were sentenced in September for the crime of "corruption on earth through the promotion of homosexuality"
‘We are asking for people to care’: protestors unfurled banners at SFMOMA in support of Iranian uprising
The anonymous group took inspiration from a similar action last month, organised by a different collective, at the Guggenheim Museum in New York
Part-time faculty at New York’s New School university are on strike amid fractious contract negotiations
Part-time faculty at the university, which includes the revered Parsons School of Design, account for roughly 80% of all faculty
Mass protest against Iran's human rights abuses staged at Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Protesters gathered at Lacma to mark the Zahedan massacre as well as draw attention to the suppression and imprisonment of protesters and activists
Philadelphia Museum of Art workers reach contract agreement, ending three-week strike
Following two years of negotiations and a historic strike by the museum’s unionised workers, employees and leaders agreed to a contract
Protestors at British Museum demand release of writer imprisoned in Egypt
Plight of British-Egyptian Alaa Abd El-Fattah, currently on hunger strike, is focal point of protest as hieroglyphs exhibition opens
Brooklyn Museum workers rally at open house to call attention to stalled contract negotiations
Unionised workers lined the main entryway to the museum as visitors arrived for after-hours programming
Philadelphia Museum of Art workers hold one-day strike
The strike by unionised employees of the museum was intended to put pressure on the administration amid protracted contract negotiations
After Poussin and Botticelli, UK Parliament is latest eco-activist target
Unesco site is targeted by more than 50 protestors from the group Extinction Rebellion
Sticky fingers: German climate activists strike museums four times in past week
Protestors from the Letzte Generation group have glued themselves to works by Rubens, Poussin and Cranach
Climate activists glue themselves to Botticelli masterpiece in Italy
Officials at the Gallerie degli Uffizi in Florence say that the 15th-century painting was not damaged thanks to protective glass cover
Hundreds demonstrate at Philadelphia Museum of Art as both sides remain 'very far apart' in union contract negotiations
Workers at the museum have been without a contract since forming a union in 2020
Constable painting rehung at National Gallery after protestors glue themselves to frame
The campaign group, Just Stop Oil, has targeted famous works at Kelvingrove, Courtauld and Manchester Art Gallery
Activists glue themselves to painting in Glasgow museum to protest art world's fossil fuel use
Two demonstrators are in police custody after they attached themselves to a 19th-century landscape by Horatio McCulloch at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery
Forty-five artists arrested after taking part in land cultivating activity to support farmers in Philippines
The artist Cian Dayrit says the group were “detained long before there was any idea on what basis we were being held”
Starbucks workers rally outside Museum of Modern Art gala amid nationwide union negotiations
Demonstrators gathered outside the museum's annual Party in the Garden gala to confront honouree Mellody Hobson, chair of the Starbucks board, who they claim is complicit in the company's union-busting efforts
Former Whitney Museum vice chairman Warren Kanders still profits from tear gas sales despite claiming he would divest
A recent investigation revealed that rather than divest his chemical weapons divisions, as he claimed he would, Kanders has reconfigured his holdings
Letter from... Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan gallery owner Saskia Fernando says artists have found ‘an opportunity to use their art for greater purpose’ in response to the country’s economic and political turmoil
Whitney Museum workers protest outside the institution’s fundraising gala over union contract negotiations
Around 100 demonstrators rallied outside the institution during its gala, hoping to give greater urgency to ongoing negotiations with museum leaders
Staff, faculty and students at Philadelphia’s University of the Arts hold rally amid union vote and negotiations
The rally comes as faculty who have already unionised seek to secure their first contract and staff members undertake a vote to form their own union
Whitney Museum staff protest against stalled contract negotiations at biennial’s VIP opening
Guests arriving at Tuesday’s reception were handed leaflets explaining the current state of negotiations between the newly formed union and museum administration
Climate activists present mock Stonehenge drilling plan at British Museum amid rumours institution will renew contract with BP
BP or not BP demonstrated against the museum's partnership with the oil giant over the weekend
Kazakhstan protestors entered leading museum looking for ancient armour
The Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the capital sustained some damage, according to a government statement
Cuban artists shine a light on state repression
Amid calls to boycott the Havana Biennial, artists and dealers are using Miami Art Week as a bullhorn
'End BP sponsorship of British Museum': 90 heritage professionals sign open letter against oil giant
Archaeologists and museum professionals "urge" institution to cut ties with British Petroleum company