Metropolitan Museum of Art will not remove Balthus’ controversial 1938 painting “Thérèse Dreaming” despite an online petition calling for its removal.

Five German state TV and radio affiliates said they will not promote Roger Waters’ concerts in 2018 “in reaction to anti-Semitism accusations against him”.

The Queer Kampala International Film Festival was brought to an abrupt end after policemen raided the festival venue and forced festivalgoers out.

David Mugema and Jonathan Muwanguzi were detained for a day after pleading not guilty to charges of “offensive communication” over one of their songs.

Lamu Cultural Festival organisers stopped the performance of Tanzanian music group Offside Trick for allegedly indecent and obscene dances.

A teenager was found guilty of planning an attack in Cardiff, Wales, on the same day a Justin Bieber concert was scheduled at Principality Stadium.

US rapper Nelly and Algerian singer Cheb Khaled are set to perform a concert in Jeddah to an only male audience, a move that has drawn mixed reactions.

US singer Katy Perry has become the latest artist banned from China allegedly “indefinitely” due to wearing a sunflower dress at her 2015 Taiwan concert.

Pakistan’s Central Board of Film Censors (CBFC) lifted the ban on film ”Verna” on 16 November 2017, one day before its scheduled opening.

Theatre director Kirill Serebrennikov's house arrest has been extended to 19 January 2018 as investigations continue into alleged embezzlement charges.