Gareth Harris

Concerns have been raised about the safety and whereabouts of Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara. The Cuban artist-activist was released from prison on 7 July following a five-year sentence, but appears to still be in the custody of the authorities and his whereabouts remain unknown. Otero Alcántara, who has been detained since 2021, was held in Guanajay, a maximum-security penitentiary southwest of Havana.

The Victoria and Albert (V&A) museum network has announced its 2027 exhibition programming across three of its sites in London and Dundee, Scotland. The spotlight falls on emerging artists and designers from South Asia in a show due to launch next year at the new V&A East Museum, which opened in Stratford, east London, in April 2026, near the institution's new storehouse location. South Asia Now: Fashion. Art.

Three key works by Robert Rauschenberg will go on show at Tate Modern in London as part of a new display devoted to the influential late US sculptor (20 September-December 2027). The sculptures were donated by the Robert Rauschenberg foundation to the Artist Rooms collection, which is jointly shared by Tate and the National Galleries of Scotland (NGS).