Politics

How the crisis in Greece is prompting young Athens-based artists to find new spaces for communal reflection

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The dystopian vision of Hong Kong that took the award for best picture at this year's Hong Kong Film Awards

South Afrian artist Tracey Rose's searing performances raise tough questions around history and race

Ahead of her upcoming solo show at the Whitney Museum in New York, Sophia Al-Maria talks shopping malls, war, climate change and Gulf futurism

The portrayals of politics in House of Cards,Madam Secretaryand Veep

The rise of online exhibition spaces and the documenting of social unrest

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A troupe of holographic protesters descends on Seoul's Gwanghwamun Square

The enduring symbolism of a sewn mouth, from the works of David Wojnarowicz to recent protests by refugees

How a team of artists, architects and theorists are exposing state violence

Bare faced censorship at the Capitoline Museum

A fresh look at the music and art of the black radical tradition

The French capital expands its boundaries

How I became a refugee-smuggling gratitude junkie

The refugee crisis and the pitfalls of artistic responses

Germany's dispute over legislating artworks of national significance

Art historian Andrianna Campbell and photographer Matthew Connors visited Cuba to explore the shifting meaning of political monuments in a new era of change

Public monuments, Islamic State and contesting the story of the past by Marina Warner

Since the start of the Greek debt crisis in 2010, austerity measures have had a profound impact on life in the country. From biennials to occupations, Ben Davis and Ara H. Merjian reflect on how the art scene in Athens has responded