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During the turbulent summer of 2020, the filmmakers decided on decentring the human in their practice 

It’s the most vulnerable that are set to suffer the most and, in the topsy-turvy value system of contemporary art, that means artists and other freelancers

For many, talk of wage thresholds and points scored for speaking English will be anathema to a cultural scene defined by its internationalism

In the context of increasingly sadistic attacks on Muslim people, the Glasgow-based artist provides a space for grief and dreaming

The 14-day action is a response to the widespread casualization of labour, overwork and pay decreases

Green unpleasant land? As the UK braces for election week, it might be time to abandon the myth of Englishness

This year, all the shortlisted artists were named joint winners – what to make of this act of (institutionally approved) subversion?

Activists dressed as Greek gods and goddesses drenched in oil

To expect the progressive, internationalist art world to participate in a celebration of Brexit is to fire a volley into the culture war

Decision follows several arts institutions including the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre cutting ties to fossil fuel giants

From organizing against arts cuts to an ‘Acid Corbynist’ listening session, can Momentum’s festival of ideas foster collective hope against right-wing media and politicians?

Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Helen Cammock, Oscar Murillo and Tai Shani fill Margate’s Turner Contemporary with imagined communities and cities

Cash-strapped schools in deprived areas across the UK have been particularly hard hit by the shift away from the arts

In further news: The Met is hiring its first full-time curator of Native American art; Michael Rakowitz named Nasher Prize laureate

The number of students choosing creative subjects has fallen by 6.5 percent this year, as the arts continue to be marginalized in schools

In further news: Greece in discussion with France about Parthenon frieze loan; ICA LA plan to become first solar powered museum

There is a serious gap in curatorial knowledge when it comes to both showing the work of disabled artists and ensuring accessibility in galleries

In further news: Estate claims Robert Indiana spent last years ‘in squalor’; original sketches discovered beneath Leonardo’s ‘Virgin of the Rocks’

A visa application system which is often opaque, bureaucratic and racist – exacerbated by the prospect of a no-deal Brexit – is becoming a headache for art workers

The six-year-old boy, tossed from the London gallery’s viewing platform, is in a critical condition