Protests
Three climate activists charged following Stonehenge paint protest
The members of Just Stop Oil are set to appear in court next month
A slither of hope: ‘artivists’ bring colour and snake-themed protest to Cop29
The Artivist Network organised a range of actions at the summit that both highlighted the serious costs of climate breakdown and interrupted what can be a drab visual environment
Sponsorship, sustainability and security: what’s the future for UK museums?
The directors of the British Museum, V&A East and Tate Modern talked activism, funding, empire and more in a wide-ranging discussion on The Art Newspaper’s Week in Art podcast
Exhibition at Columbia University seeks to bring renewed attention to war in Gaza
Two-day exhibition organised by student activists and outside collaborators comes sixth months after the height of the campus encampment movement
Australian museum under fire for acquiring object linked to protesters' attack on well-known painting
Politicians have slammed the museum for ‘glorifying’ the attack on Frederick McCubbin’s ‘Down on his luck’
Students at School of the Art Institute of Chicago hold walkout in support of Palestine
SAIC students continue to protest the school’s ties to defence contractors
Just Stop Oil protestors place high-vis jacket on ancient Greek statue at the British Museum
The campaign group dressed up a sculpture of the goddess Demeter and added a speech bubble beside it reading “just stop famine”
London's National Gallery to ban liquids after attacks on paintings
The gallery will introduce new security measures, stating it has been "forced to act to protect our visitors, staff and collection"
An open letter from Just Stop Oil and Youth Demand: 'we need institutions to confront their responsibilities'
Responding to a recent letter from the National Museum Directors' Council, the campaign groups have proposed a meeting in London's National Gallery—promising to “leave the soup at home”
Painting protests cause 'enormous stress for colleagues at every level', say UK's national museum directors
An open letter from the National Museum Directors' Council says "demonstrations now need to be taken away from our museums and galleries"
An open letter from the National Museum Directors' Council: 'these attacks have to stop'
The leaders of the UK's national collections and major regional museums highlight the "enormous stress for colleagues at every level of an organisation" and "visitors who now no longer feel safe" following series of protester attacks on museum works
Two arrested after Picasso painting targeted by protestors at London's National Gallery
Members of campaign group Youth Demand covered the painting with an image of a Gazan mother and children
Students at multiple US art schools face tougher policies on protests this autumn
After a spring semester defined by widespread pro-Palestine demonstrations, some top art universities have imposed new restrictions
Just Stop Oil activists who glued themselves to Turner painting acquitted
Just days after Van Gogh soup pair sentenced to jail, a judge found the protesters' actions to be 'proportionate'
Police investigate after Berlin culture senator’s home attacked with red paint
Joe Chialo has come under fire from artists and pro-Palestinian factions over state policies
Human rights groups call on Iran's government to end 'systematic persecution of artists'
On the anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, Artistic Freedom Initiative’s new report uncovers human rights abuses following the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising
Animal rights protestors stage die-in at London’s Courtauld Gallery
Members of the activist group Peta occupied the institution‘s LVMH Great Room
'Solidarity is such a powerful tool': Somerset House Studios show will explore the legacy of protest
Thirteen years on from the London riots, and just weeks after far-right riots swept the UK, Imran Perretta's new exhibition asks how we might better harness righteous anger
Nan Goldin, Brian Eno and Rosalind Nashashibi among signees of open letter accusing Royal Academy of 'anti-Palestinian censorship'
The London institution removed works from a young artists’ exhibition earlier this month after they were deemed to be anti-semitic by the Board of Deputies of British Jews
‘My grandfather would be horrified’: protests against National Trust’s links to Barclays take place across UK
National Trust staff, volunteers and members will lead parades, live music and protest picnics at 40 of the charity's locations
Russian artist imprisoned for three and a half years over alleged anti-war supermarket protest
Anastasia Dyudyaeva is the second artist in less than a year to be jailed for allegedly disseminating anti-government messages in such a setting
Protesters at Tate Modern call on arts patron Len Blavatnik to defend ‘press freedom’ in Israel
Activist group claims news channel owned by billionaire cancelled programmes criticising Israeli government
The Week in Art podcast | Just Stop Oil’s latest protests, Tavares Strachan, Louise Bourgeois at the Galleria Borghese
Is the climate activist group’s campaign proving a success? Plus, Bahamian-born, US-based Strachan on his new Hayward show and a close look at a hanging bronze by Bourgeois
Human rights body ‘dismayed’ after Iranian artist Atena Farghadani handed six-year prison sentence
The activist was arrested after attempting to hang one of her works on presidential palace wall
James Purnell to step down as president and vice-chancellor of the University of the Arts London
After months of student protests, the former Labour minister will now lead the advisory group Flint Global
Two eco-activists arrested after Stonehenge sprayed with orange powder
The ancient site remains open as curators investigate the damage
‘It must stop!’: French culture minister pursuing new law to deter art activists
Rachida Dati tweeted about implementing a penal policy to combat the vandalism of works of art following an attack on a Monet masterpiece
Artists withdraw from Toronto photography festival due to its ties to Israeli weapons manufacturer
The Contact Photography Festival’s main sponsor, Scotiabank, has a large stake in Elbit Systems, which makes armoured vehicles, drones and other weapons
Students occupy London’s Central Saint Martins in pro-Palestine protest
They slept in a reception area of the art school as part of a demonstration against what they see as an unacceptable response from the university to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza
First-of-its-kind pro-Palestine faculty encampment continues at New York’s New School university
Following violent crackdowns on student protests, instructors at the left-leaning university and leading art school have set up tents in the lobby of an academic building