An external review found that Creative Australia was unprepared for the risk of controversy in an atmosphere of antisemitism and Islamophobia

The Ditchling Museum in Sussex took on board the objections of the Methodist Survivors Advisory Group

The location of the work—whose authenticity remains unconfirmed—is “subject to strict secrecy”, according to the ministry of culture

Christian campaigners have launched a petition against the display of a 19th-century prophylactic depicting a semi-naked nun

The Icelandic artist Odee is embroiled in a legal dispute with a fishing company for drawing attention to a high-profile corruption scandal in his previous work

The artist criticises Australia’s arts funding body for failing to allow him to defend “misinformation” about his art, and says he hopes to take his planned work to Venice independently

The CEO of Creative Australia yesterday admitted to an estimates committee that the country's pavilion could be empty in 2026

Last year’s Golden Lion winner Archie Moore and the National Association for the Visual Arts are among those to speak out in support of Sabsabi after he was dropped by Creative Australia

The head of Creative Australia’s visual arts department and the board member and artist Lindy Lee among those who have reportedly left their posts

Move follows an article in The Australian newspaper, which called attention to controversial works by the artist including depictions of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah

Kirsha Kaechele' Ladies Lounge will be reinstalled at the Hobart museum for a month after the supreme court overturned a ruling that the work was discriminatory

The partnership will allow visitors to see real-life gladiatorial battles at the world's most famous amphitheatre

The seven works were seized by Mumbai customs last year due to their sensitive content

Scholars and heirs are divided over bronze editions attributed to the British-Mexican Surrealist’s final years

Frank Norman's exhibition was cancelled at The Clink in London

The town of Aci has attracted criticism for wanting to hire a new head for the Civic Museum of the Norman Castle of Svevo, who must be educated to degree level, but will not be paid

Hilary Jack says she hopes the controversy around her work, showing a house falling into the sea, will help bring attention to the issue of global warming

Experts have criticised the exhibition at the Musée de La Vie Romantique for presenting works as autograph with little evidence

Discrepancies in the dates of Hirst's works are—once again—coming under scrutiny

Plans for country to make its Venice debut have been dropped, but no one—including the artists due to show there—knows why

Four of the artist's preserved animal works, said to be from the 1990s, were produced in 2017, raising questions of transparency in artistic production

A curator at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum, she brings a focus on digital and hopes that the publication will "participate in activism"

"One of the most challenging issues I've faced”, says museum director Alex Farquharson on dealing with the controversial 1927 artwork

Christie’s was due to support the sale of Wolfgang Flatz's tattooed tissue

Image of semi-naked Christ by Salustiano García prompts petition while LGBTQ groups defend the work

A row erupted last summer over transparency issues concerning her appointment

Louis-Antoine Prat, a French art historian and Old Master drawings collector, has been accused of slandering a respected art dealer with antisemitic stereotypes in his new book

French art historian is “horrified by the accusation of antisemitism” following the publication of his collection of short stories

The publication of the letter, which called for a ceasefire to the Israeli bombing of Gaza, was "not consistent with Artforum’s editorial process", the magazine's publishers said in a statement

The simplification of complex issues is enabled by weak or fearful cultural institutions and and strident self-righteousness