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Workers at the Noguchi Museum push to form a union
After months of protests in solidarity with Palestine and against a new dress code banning workers from wearing keffiyehs, the Queens institution's staff are organising for "better conditions"
Artist jailed in Cuba invites biennial visitors to 'become part' of his work in prison
Activist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara plans to spend time with a fan of his work at a maximum-security penitentiary during Havana Biennial
Three arrested after Just Stop Oil protestors throw soup over Van Gogh's Sunflowers—again
Activists who took part in a similar stunt at London's National Gallery in 2022 were jailed earlier today
Protestors who poured soup over Van Gogh's Sunflowers sentenced to prison
The incident, which took place at the National Gallery in 2022, will see Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland serve two years and 20 months respectively
In Belarus, freedom of expression for writers and artists remains a dream
While reportedly nearly 1,400 political prisoners, including 163 cultural figures, remain behind bars, the government stages cultural events whose prime purpose is to bolster the regime and its autocratic leader
Pressure mounts in Slovakia as cultural workers announce nationwide strike alert
The "Cultural Strike" follows the dismissal of the directors of the Slovak National Gallery and the Slovak National Theatre in early August
J'accuse! Guerrilla artists take a swipe at 'polluting' Olympics sponsor
Posters accuse car giant Toyota of ‘greenwashing’
‘All activities are dormant’: how the Kenya anti-government protests are affecting artists
As demonstrations continue, artists reflect on the violence and how police suspicion is limiting their ability to work
Shahzia Sikander statue promoting women's justice at University of Houston beheaded
In the shadow of anti-abortion protests lambasting the artist's sculpture as "Satanic", Sikander's bronze 2023 work 'Witness' was beheaded early Monday morning
Charges dropped against pro-Palestinian protestors from Art Institute of Chicago encampment
Dozens of demonstrators were arrested in May on criminal trespassing charges
Victory without damage: ‘Just Stop Oil’s climate activism is one of the most successful disobedience campaigns ever’
The climate catastrophe has been brought to the forefront of the public mind without causing serious harm to the targeted works, says John Paul Stonard
Goldsmiths CCA closes until autumn amid pro-Palestine protests
The activist group Goldsmith’s for Palestine is calling for the institution to cut ties with the philanthropists Zak and Candida Gertler
Animal rights protestors cover painting of King Charles III in Wallace and Gromit stickers
Jonathan Yeo’s work was defaced by activists from the Animal Rising group
Student sit-in at Goldsmiths in protest over planned job cuts
The college—an alma mater of Sarah Lucas and Damien Hirst—faces a restructure and more than 130 possible redundancies
Photographer Shahidul Alam returns his honorary doctorate to the University of the Arts London
Alam made the decision in solidarity with the students protesting against the university’s stance on the war in Gaza
Hundreds of pro-Palestine protesters rally at Brooklyn Museum
Demonstrators took over the lobby and exterior of the museum on Friday afternoon, calling for transparency and divestment regarding financial ties to Israel
Art world power players reportedly encouraged New York mayor to send police to pro-Palestine student protests
Chat logs from a private WhatsApp group created by billionaire Barry Sternlicht were leaked to the Washington Post last week
Students arrested at School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Fashion Institute of Technology amid crackdown on Palestinian solidarity encampments
Police arrested 68 people at the Art Institute of Chicago on Saturday and around 50 protesters at FIT on Tuesday
'No business as usual': Pro-Palestinian protests held at heart of Venice Biennale
Organised by the Art Not Genocide Alliance, the demonstration criticised international support for the Israeli government’s campaign against Gaza
Protestors at London Science Museum rally against ‘greenwashing’ new sponsor
The museum has received backlash for its decision to allow Adani Green Energy to sponsor a new gallery focused on climate change
‘Met Museum, you’re complicit’: artists and activists take over museum’s front steps with giant pro-Palestine quilt
A two-hour rally at the New York museum drew many supportive cheers and honks, plus a handful of antagonistic shouts
‘The pendulum keeps tightening’: what Hong Kong’s new security law could mean for the art world
Article 23 introduces 39 new kinds of security crimes and stipulates life sentences for sabotage, treason and insurrection
Police investigating Pro-Palestine protesters’ vandalism of painting at Cambridge University
A pair of activists sprayed and slashed the work depicting Arthur Balfour, whose 1917 letter advocated the creation of a ‘national home for the Jewish people’ in Palestine
In open letter, MoMA employees urge institution's leaders to call for 'unconditional ceasefire' in Gaza
The statement has been signed by more than 30 museum employees
Tania Bruguera’s reading at Hamburger Bahnhof shut down after heated pro-Palestine protests
A statement from the museum says the incident involved activists using “hate speech” towards one of the readers and a museum director
Protesters calling for Gaza ceasefire stage die-in at Canadian Museum for Human Rights
The action, staged on International Human Rights Day, lasted 64 minutes in observance of the 64 days since the Israel-Hamas war began
‘Silence is unacceptable’: artists gather outside Art Basel in Miami Beach to protest ongoing war in Gaza
Art community joins South Florida Coalition for Palestine's demonstration outside the fair
Russian artist Sasha Skochilenko jailed for anti-war protest
Skochilenko was charged for replacing supermarket price labels with pieces of information about the destruction of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol
What’s behind the row engulfing the UK’s National Trust?
Plus, a protest-themed tenth edition of the Performa Biennial and a restored portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger
Russian prosecutors seek eight-year prison sentence for artist who installed anti-war messages in grocery store
The St Petersburg artist Sasha Skochilenko was arrested in April 2022 for replacing a store's price labels with information about the war in Ukraine