Censorship
Ai Weiwei’s contribution to Berlin movie scrapped amid censorship fears
“It was infuriating to find our involvement had been erased,” Ai says
Hundreds of Christians protest against McJesus sculpture at Haifa Museum of Art in Israel
Finnish artist Jani Leinonen has asked museum to remove the work—with no response
'Hundreds' of cultural figures caught up in China’s Uyghur persecution
Most of the north-west Chinese region's Uyghur writers, artists and scholars have already been imprisoned
Tania Bruguera pulls out of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, vowing to stay in Cuba and fight censorship law Decree 349
The activist says that the government crackdown continues with the creation of a “cultural police”
Censorship could stifle China's art market
Under president Xi Jinping's increasingly stringent regime, galleries must negotiate a slow and capricious approval process to show works of art
College gallery closes exhibition after complaints about ‘false flag’ work
The artist, Daniel Bejar, sees the early dismantling of his show in Westchester as an example of institutional censorship
Artist accuses Florida officials of censoring his photographs of queer life
Organisers at Bal Harbour show asked Pacifico Silano to remove his images with partial nudity and descriptions referring to pornography
Wolfgang Tillmans and Tania Bruguera pledge support for censored Serralves Museum director
João Ribas has stepped down following censorship row around Robert Mapplethorpe show
Cuban activists issue manifesto against artistic censorship
Document denounces effort to ‘punish free creation’
‘We’re all in the same boat’: Marina Abramovic poster angers Italian right-wing politician
Trieste deputy mayor Paolo Polidori calls image commissioned for sailing regatta “political propaganda”
Facebook censors artist's work criticising male-dominated society because it features naked breasts
The social media giant also deleted her comments and friends
List of 34,361 dead refugees and migrants goes back on show in Liverpool after being destroyed
Reasons and perpetrators behind the removal of the key biennial work remain unclear
German Green Party politicians launch petition 'for freedom of the arts'
Online campaign criticises right-wing governments in Austria, Hungary and Poland and warns that Germany could be next
Instagram deletes photographer Dragana Jurisic's account and Facebook censors her work
Image is no more contentious than those shared on the platforms by celebrities such as Kim Kardashian, supporters say
ACLU files art censorship lawsuit against the city of New Orleans
A citizen is facing potential jail time over a mural referencing Trump’s 2005 Access Hollywood tape
French court makes mixed ruling in Courbet ‘censorship’ case
The social media giant was found to be at fault for closing a schoolteacher’s account but his claims for €20,000 in damages were dismissed
Adel Abdessemed’s blazing chickens withdrawn from Lyon show
Violent animal video triggers another avalanche of criticism for provocative Algerian artist
Facebook censors 30,000 year-old Venus of Willendorf as 'pornographic'
Nude statue is latest artwork to be deemed inappropriate by social media giant
Santiago Sierra work censored at Arco fair to be shown at Catalan museum
Media mogul Tatxo Benet says that censorship is damaging for artists—and the viewing public
Palais de Tokyo removes work showing artist protesting against Dana Schutz's Open Casket painting
Parker Bright says protest image of him taken at Whitney Biennial was used by Neil Beloufa without permission
Paris court hears arguments in Facebook censorship case centering on Courbet’s Origin of the World
The social media giant has argued for dismissal, saying the plaintiff should have sued its European web host
Jock Sturges’s nudes incite strong feelings in Moscow, again
Activist targets American photographer’s latest show for second time amid claims of promoting paedophilia
Abu Dhabi Art censors work by Saudi Arabian artist
Abdulnasser Gharem’s painting about Sunni-Shia divide was removed from Brigitte Schenk's stand at organisers' request
Brazilian arts group calls out censorship by 'arrogant fundamentalists' in open letter
More than 1,000 artists, curators and professionals have signed the protest document published by the pro-democracy collective Pela Democracia
Censored 'sexual' sculpture finds new home at the Centre Pompidou
Domestikator piece was withdrawn by the Louvre from its surrounding gardens
Sexually explicit sculpture pulled from Fiac after Louvre raises concerns
Domestikator was due to go on show in garden close to Paris museum as part of contemporary fair's public programme
Korean government apologises for culture blacklist
Around 10,000 cultural figures thought to be critical of country’s president deprived of government support
Indian right-wing groups target Jaipur Art Summit over semi-nude painting
Artist attacked for creating “obscene” work and pictures snatched off the walls during incident
Artistic censorship is on the rise, advocacy group reports
A study by the Copenhagen-based organisation Freemuse paints a bleak picture for global creative expression
Qatar would like to be one of the world’s leading arts destinations—but can that ever be achieved without freedom of expression?
Cristina Ruiz attended the Art for Tomorrow conference and found a resounding silence from the Qatari and Western art world alike on this crucial issue