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The artist, who has an exhibition at Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery, created a unique body of work from jail uniforms, soap and lids while detained by Myanmar’s regime

It is one of ten early Byrne works which were bought from him by his local parish priest in the 1970s.

The artist turns the state’s suspicious gaze on Britain’s Muslim community right back in the opposite direction in an overwhelming, galvanising show

From quilting in Japanese prisoner camps to graffiti in Sudan via Rachel Whiteread, Maggi Hambling and Lee Miller, this documentary covers myriad artistic responses to conflict

Russian-British historian Sergey Radchenko talks to Al Jazeera about Moscow’s desire for status on the world stage.

Françoise Gilot is the most compelling figure in this biography of the painter’s lovers – but you get the feeling she would have loathed this book

Protests against the dumping of Australia's art team for the Venice Biennale continue, with hundreds of artists and curators demanding government action.

Editorial: A £2bn new arena for Britain’s biggest football club will bring regeneration to the surrounding area. But matchgoing supporters are right to be circumspect

Turner prize nominee Delaine Le Bas says entrenched racist attitudes to community persist in UK and Europe

The Musée d’Orsay is partnering with 12 museums around France in a project that uses impressionist art to highlight climate change – works that collectively tell the story of human enterprise at the end of the 19th century, and the role artists of the time played in unintentionally documenting the…

Thomas Cromwell dies as he has not lived, reflecting on sins that tarnish his soul