Censorship
Michelangelo's David blocked from Scottish ad campaign
Glasgow's Barolo Restaurant will run posters with the sculpture visible only from the waist up after artwork with the masterpiece in full-view was rejected
Are we more prudish about Michelangelo’s David in 2023 than we were in 1564?
The ousting of a Tallahassee principal after school children were shown images of the famous Renaissance sculpture reveals a rather zealous mindset
Germany’s museums buy back ‘degenerate’ artworks purged by the Nazis
A painting by Egon Schiele is among those bought back by the institutions from where they were confiscated
President Macron stands up for artists after vandalism of controversial Miriam Cahn painting
French leader says defacing the work, which will remain on show at the Palais de Tokyo, is "attack on values"
Unesco seeks to improve artists’ protection from censorship and violence
New report finds that, unlike journalists, artists are often "in the dark" about the organisations they can turn to when their rights are threatened
Pillar of Shame sculpture seized by police in Hong Kong
Work commemorating Tiananmen Square tragedy is confiscated as part of "incitement to subversion" case
Now is the time to honour not censor Russia’s dissident artists
The director of the Zimmerli Art Museum, which is home to the world's foremost collection of Soviet nonconformist art, says recent calls to censor all Russian art in light of the war in Ukraine oversimplify the issue
An Idaho college removed my abortion-related art, strengthening my resolve to tell these stories
Last month, citing a state law prohibiting the use of public funds for abortion, a college removed my works and those of two other artists from a show about healthcare
'The nipple has not been freed! The art world must continue to fight Meta over gender discrimination'
Social media giant has been taken to task for its notorious “female nipple” guideline, but the battle for creatives' freedom of expression is not yet over
‘Glad to see they are scared’: Pussy Riot founder Nadya Tolokonnikova added to Russia’s wanted list for criminals
A performance in which she burns an effigy of Vladimir Putin, and an NFT of a vagina-shaped Virgin Mary are thought to be behind new charges
Hong Kong is back with bang: Art Basel returns and M+ museum makes waves
Plus, art censorship online and Brenda L. Croft's photos of fellow First Nations Australian women
Citing Idaho’s anti-abortion law, college censors art exhibition on health care
Three works addressing abortion were removed from the exhibition at Lewis-Clark State College
Crunch time: the day Roald Dahl spoke to Francis Bacon about the threat of censorship
“There must be no changes to an artist’s original work when he is dead for any reason whatsoever,” Bacon said
Afghan universities and art centres ban female students as Taliban clamps down
A future generation of artists could be lost as well as the livelihoods of their teachers
Postponement of exhibition on Russian architecture school sparks accusations of ‘censorship and historical erasure’
New York’s Cooper Union postponed an exhibition on Vkhutemas, a school that operated in Moscow for ten years in the early 20th century before Stalin shut it down
Satirical portrayals of president spark censorship row in South Korea
Shutdown of the exhibition "Goodbye in Seoul" is the latest in a series of censorship controversies around negative images of Yoon Suk-yeol
Prophet Muhammad image controversy rages on as US university staff demand president's resignation
After a professor was dismissed for showing the depictions, faculty have voted that Fayneese Miller should step down over mishandling the issue
Russian artist flees LGBTQ crackdown
Yulia Tsvetkova was acquitted on charges of distributing gay ‘pornography’ but strict new laws have forced her to leave the country
Professor who was controversially fired for 'Islamophobia' after showing depictions of Prophet Muhammad is named
US university's decision to dismiss employee for displaying the 14th- and 16th-century works has been described as an "egregious violation" of academic freedom
New online safety laws aim to protect children—but will they harm artists?
As the UK’s troubled Online Safety Bill finally looks set to become law, there are still concerns about whether it will get the balance between online safety and censorship right
As 2023 dawns, the blank A4 sheet—brandished by protestors in China—is a potent political and artistic symbol
The white-paper revolution echoes art history, recalling Robert Ryman and the Philippines-based artist Kiri Dalena
The artist Dorothy Iannone, hailed as a ‘freedom fighter’, dies aged 89
She confronted censorship issues including a legal battle over Henry Miller novel
Are you being 'shadowbanned'? Instagram announces new transparency tools that reveal if posts go against guidelines
New functions show if content goes against the social media platform's Recommendation Guidelines that it uses to decide what should be promoted and searchable
‘Artists have a lot in common with sex workers’: OnlyFans becoming popular platform for artists censored elsewhere
Censorship by more mainstream social media platforms has artists turning to OnlyFans to promote their work
Is it time to #Twexit? How Elon Musk’s Twitter shake-up has divided creatives
With the platform's new owner firing moderators, some artists are hoping for an end to censorship while others fear discrimination
Losing the battle: Cuba’s dissident artists find ways around censorship despite government crackdown
Since the passage of the country’s repressive Decree 349, the state has gone to great lengths to silence critical voices—but artists refuse to be silenced
Arts group takes on Polish government over political interference in cultural institutions
US-based Artistic Freedom Initiative will challenge in EU court the Polish government, saying it is “suppressing free and open artistic expression”
Myanmar's military junta releases outspoken artist Htein Lin who had been sentenced to a year's hard labour
The artist was set free in an amnesty of political prisoners, which included his British wife
US laws meant to stop sex trafficking are making it difficult for artists to promote and sell their art online
A set of ambiguous laws has pushed platforms to refuse service to artists whose work includes nude imagery or could be construed as sexual
Fleeing Twitter? Sick of Instagram? Eight lesser-known social media sites for the art world to try
More than a million users have left Twitter since business magnate took over the platform