Julian Assange

Julian Assange visits artist who held $45m worth of art hostage

Andrei Molodkin threatened to destroy works by Picasso and others if the activist died in prison. Now, he is exhibiting a portrait of Assange in a new show

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Artist who threatened to blow up art to save Julian Assange reflects on ‘extreme stress’ of the experience

Andrei Molodkin had threatened to destroy unidentified works by artists including Pablo Picasso if the WikiLeaks founder died in jail, but now they are to be set free

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Julian Assange miniature goes on show (unofficially) at the V&A

Hand-painted portraits of the WikiLeaks founder and his wife Stella were smuggled into a display case at the London museum in April

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Could 16 artworks save Julian Assange's life?

The Russian artist Andrei Molodkin says he will destroy works by Jake Chapman, Sarah Lucas, Picasso and Rembrandt if the Wikileaks founder dies in jail

Sculpture of whistleblowers Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden makes appearance in UK's Parliament Square

The work invites audience participation and is about defending "freedom of speech", says its creator Davide Dormino