What a change in government might mean for the UK culture sector, a close look at Eike Schmidt’s unsuccessful campaign, and Willis Thomas discusses displaying his new afro pick sculpture at the world’s biggest music festival

Medals were presented to five visual artists by First Lady Jill Biden at a ceremony in Washington, DC

Converge 45 returns to Portland with more than 50 projects at 15 venues across the city

The artists’ installation, featuring two monumental hands reaching out to each other, has been installed at O’Hare International Airport

The towering work, which depicts the interlocked arms of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, was unveiled in Boston ahead of the MLK Day holiday

The public sculpture is based on a photograph of the assassinated civil rights leader hugging his wife Coretta Scott King—but some say it looks offensive from certain angles

The project was developed in collaboration with the Mass Design Group and gun violence prevention organisations

Based on the 1860 Wide Awake movement that mobilised against slavery and helped elect Lincoln, the new network of artists and creatives has launched Kickstarter's largest collaboration to date

The campaign, launched by the advocacy group People for the American Way, aims to motivate people to vote in November

A collaborative sky writing project featuring contributions from Patrisse Cullors, Dread Scott and Hank Willis Thomas will mark 80 sites used to limit immigrants

The nation's largest LGBTQ civil rights organisation recently unveiled an incisive installation by Hank Willis Thomas on its Washington, DC headquarters

Launched last night, the guerilla intervention is the latest public work in Washington, DC to address structural racism—but can art effect change?