After more than a year in prison, Otero Alcántara was convicted of “insulting national symbols”

In 2019, 20 artists were invited to discuss Facebook and Instagram's problematic approach to art and nudity—so why has nothing changed?

Tsvetkova, who is currently on trial on charges of disseminating pornography, is one of a growing cohort of dissidents to be labeled 'foreign agents'

According to reports, visitors to The Woven Child exhibtion at London’s Hayward Gallery have had their posts mysteriously deleted

The museum claims the works' removal was due to a scheduling issue, but the curators involved in the selection described the images' omission as "disrespectful and unjust”

A show at Brooklyn’s Haul Gallery by Peter Clough featuring explicit imagery provoked a visit from a man claiming to represent the building’s landlord

Politicians said it mocked a monument to the Battle of Stalingrad during the Second World War

Instagram censorship is preventing some artists from showing the bulk of their work—and punishing them and their followers

Copy of 1997 work erected on street, renamed to honour alleged human rights victims in China

The platform’s control over what counts as art is effectively changing the way it is made, shown and seen

Blasphemy laws in Italy are strict and can result in fines

Plus, Warhol’s Catholicism and Moscow’s new museums

More institutions and galleries ought to be fighting for contemporary creatives with the same passion that Vienna is fighting for long-dead ones

Chinese political cartoonist Badiucao has been accused of "spreading anti-Chinese lies" in his works

Artist and activist who has fled her home country says it is “immoral” to travel to Cuba "when there are so many people [there] who have been wrongfully imprisoned”

The photo-sharing app has introduced new opt-out filters that censor the images they see—but most people don't even know they exist

As Amnesty International calls on "prisoners of conscience" to be released, a movement starts to boycott Havana Biennial

The social media platform removed the image earlier this week for breaking its "rules against nudity”

Austrian artist who creates political and environmental documentaries believes his videos have been deleted because of their "anti-capitalist content"

Wong’s name appeared in a state-run newspaper article which he considered a “wanted list” for Beijing

Artists and writers are among those targeted by the government, causing human rights groups to raise an alarm about abuses

The work by Gabriella Hirst, titled An English Garden and consisting of a flowerbed of roses and benches, had received no complaints from the public

The activist spoke about her own experiences with state repression and the growing movement for political change in the country

The text-based pieces, installed on the façade of a New York theatre, probe American imperialism and white supremacy

New York-based advocacy group Don’t Delete Art's comprehensive tips on how to comply with social media platforms' rules on art include advice from Facebook and Instagram staff

Seventeen artists were killed, 82 imprisoned and 133 detained over the past year in 26 countries, according to new Freemuse study

Non-profit organisation cites a “skyrocketing’’ number of individuals around the globe needing help with on-the-ground strategies or relocation

A debate about art and censorship erupted in Kinderhook after village officials ordered a work to be taken down from Jack Shainman’s The School outpost

Work was pulled after the intervention of France's interior minister amid protests against a new bill that would have criminalised the publication of images of law enforcement

Support for the San Isidro Movement is growing, while Cuba’s government continues to retaliate against demonstrators calling for the release of jailed rapper Denis Solís González