Democracy

With the tactics of dissenting groups ever-growing, Natalie Nzeyimana and Derica Shields share their insights on the Police & Crime Bill and why, in an increasingly authoritarian climate, people are still willing to risk protest

With tens of thousands of pro-democracy, anti-monarchy protestors on the streets, should the second Bangkok Art Biennale have opened?

30 years after the deadly protests, a brief look at the sculpture which symbolized a struggle for political freedom

From 14th-century frescos in Siena to a refugee camp in Greece, Astra Taylor's new documentary examines the corrosion of electoral politics

An exhibition at Pinchuk Art Centre, Kyiv, timed to coincide with the Yalta European Strategy conference, reminds of the corruptibility of culture

Artist collective For Freedoms’s campaign draws attention to issues of diversity and civic responsibility in the election run-up

What to read this weekend: secrets of the magic lantern, ‘Soul of a Nation’ in Arkansas, and China’s bleak democratic prospects