While some are confident that certain democratic institutions and safeguards will hold, many expressed fear, shock and dismay

The event featured speeches and performances by Oprah Winfrey, Ricky Martin, Lady Gaga and others

A few photographs from the artist’s famed “Kitchen Table Series” appear in a new video promoting the vice president’s campaign

The museum's latest exhibition explains and scrutinises democracy through objects spanning 2,500 years

One of the murals, in Durham, North Carolina, brought together Fairey, cultural organiser Wyatt Closs, gallery owner Linda Shropshire and the local community

Walker has led the New York-based Ford Foundation for the past 11 years

Focusing on works by artists with ties to the American South, “Is It Real?” raises awareness and funds for reproductive rights for communities on the front lines

Jeff Koons, Kara Walker, Jenny Holzer, Jasper Johns, Amy Sherald and many others are offering works through the Artists for Kamala fundraising sale and auction

Neither major party has a clear policy on art and culture, but the candidates' past actions offer hints at their priorities

Leaders in the arts including Megan Beyer and Maxwell L. Anderson, as well as artists like Petah Coyne and Eric Fischl, articulate their hopes for the next administration's cultural policies

Since Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race, much of the US art world has embraced Harris. Meanwhile, conservative patrons remain split on the Republican candidate, former president Donald Trump

Breon’s free installation is one of several activations coinciding with the convention in the city that are co-organised by For Freedoms, the artist-led civic engagement group

The American artist Shepard Fairey, meanwhile, has released a print of Democratic candidate Kamala Harris