Art & Politics

A rare screening of ‘The Dilapidated Dwelling’ (2000) at the Barbican shows why Keiller’s films should be compulsory viewing

‘Keep It Complex’, a group of artists and designers, have launched a campaign to encourage voting, and hold the art world accountable

W.A.G.E issued demands in an open letter to protest against non-removal of weapons mogul as museum’s vice chair

Standout performances and site-specific installations studded a year characterised by turbulent politics

The US Second Lady has agreed to teach art at a Christian school in Virginia that bans LGBTQ+ students, teachers and parents

In a survey at Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, photographs by Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick capture life within the US prison industrial complex 

The 16th edition of the festival peddles a political cinematography of hope, honesty and humility

Latin American artists respond to nationalism, climate change, and other urgent crises

In decontextualizing the former Vice President from geo-political circumstance, Adam McKay’s film threatens to add gloss to Cheney’s reputation

A private show in Stuttgart to neo-Nazi demos in Berlin, queer lessons in times of change

It is not unusual for Cuban artists to grumble about excessive state meddling, but it’s rare for complaints to be aired publicly and collectively

Two London exhibitions by belit sağ address police and military violence committed against Kurdish people in Turkey

In further news: Paris museums close after Gilets Jaunes protests; Candice Breitz demands release of aid worker

Bruguera was one of a number of artists protesting the controversial Decree 349 which critics say will censor and limit artistic freedom

With the Menil Drawing Institute opening on the eve of the US midterm elections, what Houston says about the future of the country

‘To remain silent is to be complicit’: more than 100 staff have demanded the museum clarify its policy on trustee participation

A recent spate of TV shows set in Missouri show the state as a cultural imaginary on the fault line of US political debate

An altercation between a White House correspondent and the president becomes a visual question: what is it that we see?

An essay by the respected Professor Norman Geras has been flagged by the University of Reading as ‘sensitive’ under UK’s Counter-Terrorism scheme

Wes Anderson and Juman Malouf’s show opens in Vienna; conspiracy theories at the Met during the Midterms and Shanghai’s psychedelic cat