Censorship
Artist says California city censored his exhibition after local police took offense
Two days after his exhibition at San Mateo City Hall opened, Diego Marcial Rios’s entire show was taken down
Detained Cuban artist and activist pens appeal from prison on two-year anniversary
Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara was imprisoned on charges of contempt and insult to national symbols when widespread protests swept the nation in 2021
Young V&A accused of removing trans-affirming books and poster from display
Former employees of the newly reopened London museum have joined a chorus of criticism over the removal of materials related to trans rights and queer identities
Not safe for work: Beeple donates 'censored NFT' to Italian museum
The image of an orgy in an office setting—a satire of the downfall of banking entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried—was allegedly blocked by YouTube due to nudity
Barbican exhibition cancelled in wake of 'anti-Palestinian censorship' row
Resolve Collective has accused staff at the London arts centre of censoring a talk and for showing “hostility towards close family and friends at the exhibition opening”
Activists plan day of action, online and at New York museums, against social media censorship of art
After collecting signatures outside art institutions, the group Don’t Delete Art will deliver its manifesto to Meta’s Manhattan headquarters
Oil giant Chevron removed public art installation without warning, artists allege
The energy giant did not inform the associated artists of their plans to remove a piece of art that advocate for environmental justice, according to organisers
Pop-up museum commemorating Tiananmen Square Massacre opens in New York
A similar institution in Hong Kong was forcibly shuttered in 2021 following the passage of the city’s restrictive security law
'The economy is bad, the mood is worse': Gallery Weekend Beijing returns under renewed fears of censorship
This is the event's first edition since China lifted its Covid restrictions
Hong Kong: artists carve out a space for themselves in public
From giant rubber ducks to thinly veiled protest art, outdoor sculpture is having a moment in the city
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