The UK's largest celebration of work by D/deaf and disabled artists opens on 4 September with a packed and varied programme

Institutions are scrambling to identify whether their buildings contain the potentially dangerous material

A selection of artists have been invited by Abramovic to stage long-form performances in the concert venue—including backstage areas normally off-limits to visitors

Tate Modern and Southbank Centre will be open overnight to provide toilet facilities to those queueing to see the Queen's coffin

The Chinese activist, detained in 2011, has visited prisons across the country

Staff who have been made redundant are being recruited again following extension of furlough job retention scheme by UK government

Turbulent year draws to a close with sector wracked by pandemic lockdowns and Black Lives Matter challenges

From Chila Kumari Singh Burman's eye-popping Tate Winter Commission to Lucy McKenzie's tube station takeover

Petition launched calling for Southbank Centre staff to be reinstated in light of Chancellor’s announcement while Royal Academy confirms coronavirus funding snub

Union says years of mismanagement are to blame for current crisis at the Southbank Centre, home to the Royal Festival Hall and Hayward Gallery

Around 600 jobs are set to be axed across both sites as financial fallout from coronavirus pandemic intensifies

Signatories claim cuts will disproportionately affect Bame staff and question chief executive’s salary

But Hayward Gallery is expected to reopen in August

Arts centre, which includes the Hayward Gallery, has already used up its reserves amid the coronavirus crisis

Decision comes amidst pressure from activist groups for UK museums to end their oil sponsorship deals

Drumming was first performed at the London venue in Mark Rothko's 1972 exhibition—now it will be surrounded by Bridget Riley's show