The Trump administration’s defunding of the arts has more than symbolic significance

“With the return of an emboldened Trump administration, our communities are facing a sustained campaign of hostility and a chilling rollback of civil rights”

The Foundation for Advancement in Conservation’s National Heritage Responders programme has channelled federal funding and support from local organisations to help communities struck by natural disasters to preserve their culture

There are alarming echoes of the notorious Nazi-organised exhibition in America today—but we also need to acknowledge the differences between the world today and 1930s Europe

Out-of-court dispute settlement bodies are an important development in supporting creative expression

Emma Shapiro on the UK government's secret order to break end-to-end encryption and allow access to all citizens’ Apple iCloud data

The V&A director on the dangers of the cash-strapped cultural organisation disappearing

Adam M. Levine, the director of the Toledo Museum of Art, argues that non-profits must embrace sound financial practices as a strategy to sustain and amplify their missions

To make progress in returning countries’ heritage taken by previous generations, museums must take a pragmatic, ethical stance

This idea of exposing working-class school students only to the stories of working-class heroes, at the expense of “middle-class pursuits” such as museums, is misguided

This year has been marked by a rising number of politically-motivated attacks on art. But we should not forget the power of art to unite diverse groups of people

The divisions within American society cannot be ignored, but let’s focus on where the country is united, and how the cultural sector can foster that unity

Though laudible in its aim to kerb trafficking of stolen goods, planned rules will impose unreasonable burdens on lawful and genuine trade

The museum's latest exhibition explains and scrutinises democracy through objects spanning 2,500 years

If governments are committed to the Washington Principles, they should create a co-ordinating body

Institutions have a moral duty to better represent the persecuted Kurdish religious minority

Jorrit Britschgi, executive director of the Rubin Museum of Art, on ‘embracing non-attachment and impermanence’

The Russian artist, who was freed in a prison swap, on life under President Putin and spending more than two years in prison for an art intervention opposing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

A landmark report shows how attacks on heritage can cause “psychosocial, economic, and other types of harm”—but laws need to go further

‘If an artwork is located in the US, its fate cannot be decided in any other state, and any wrong decisions cannot be corrected elsewhere’

Reducing the art sector’s ecological footprint can seem daunting, but art institutions can implement these two impactful changes with relative ease

Paying artists properly enables them not only to meet their needs equitably but also to flourish, fostering future savings and investments within their communities

The Artists For Democracy 2024 project is working with world-renowned artists including Shepard Fairey and Carrie Mae Weems to mobilise voters

Since taking office, the country’s far-right president has created a situation where millions of people are slowly being pushed to their limits

Sleeper hunter dealers must recognise they have an asymmetrical relationship to vulnerable people pressured by circumstance to sell off their treasured heirlooms

As the trial between the Russian billionaire and the auction house is thrashed out, it may be time to consider incorporating blockchain into the art scholarship process

Museums in the US and beyond are neglecting members of a rapidly expanding demographic who also historically have been the sector’s biggest donors

There are some very spurious arguments coming from those resisting the return of the marbles to Greece

Rhode Island School of Design is participating in the Sustainable Markets Initiative’s Terra Carta Design Lab, leveraging art and design to address social issues

Primary-market sale proceeds should be held on trust so artists are never left out of pocket by a gallery's insolvency, writes IP and art lawyer Jon Sharples