The artist was set free in an amnesty of political prisoners, which included his British wife
A set of ambiguous laws has pushed platforms to refuse service to artists whose work includes nude imagery or could be construed as sexual
More than a million users have left Twitter since business magnate took over the platform
Dozens of contemporary art shows have been forced to close since the outset of the war with Ukraine—but this one was meant to serve Putinist propaganda
US artist says that Prince Charles Cinema has “misinterpreted” his work
The renowned conceptual artist’s latest public art piece, a collaboration with PEN America, comes after after shocking attacks on authors and journalists in the US
Members of the finding committee—including Tate Modern director, Frances Morris—condemn the advisory group’s decision to pull the works
Plus, a striking photograph by Diane Arbus and the Guggenheim Bilbao at 25
As he prepares for a major retrospective in Paris, he reflects on his homeland’s war with Russia and how his art was born from adversity
Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara is one of six artists to be honoured by the Dutch NGO
Our chief contributing editor Gareth Harris will examine attacks on freedom of artistic expression and issues like ‘cancel culture’, providing valuable insights and context
Galleries and artists are Increasingly finding themselves at the centre of heavy-handed suppression on the social media platform
The directors of the Hong Kong Palace Museum and Taipei Performing Arts Center both state that they are free of censorship
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