Censorship

Artists banned by UAE receive support of Documenta curators

Okwui Enwezor and Adam Szymczyk among those urging museums working in the Gulf to do more to help lift travel restrictions

Fear of censorship fuels debate over cash from oil industry

Companies accused of dictating museums’ programmes in return for support

‘No lawyer will represent me’

Tania Bruguera speaks to The Art Newspaper about life in Cuba after her arrest and the calls for a boycott of the Havana biennial in May

Lawnews

Facebook now likes nudity—but only in art

Ruling in France over work by Courbet may have influenced change in “community standards”

Gallery pulls out of Lima fair in protest against mayor’s ‘attacks against freedom of expression’

<h5>Event organisers end sponsorship agreement with city officials after complaints from arts community, but “damage is done” Andrea Ferrero says</h5>

Newsarchive

New culture war takes root in US as major news outlet censors art

Artists say they are under pressure to tone down their work after Associated Press removes images of controversial pieces

Censorshiparchive

Censorship debate reignited as banned works go on show in American galleries

Display featuring 45 controversial artists takes on added resonance in wake of Charlie Hebdo attacks

UAEarchive

Sharjah looks East and West during 11th biennial

Biennial embraces divergent ways of seeing the world, despite growing censorship in the Gulf

Documentaarchive

Documenta sparks “censorship” row: Work by Gregor Schneider withdrawn

Fears that the artist's installation would be associated with the fair led to intervention

Richard Koshalek of the Hirshhorn Museum makes a stand against censorship

“Censorship has no role here... the only way to deal with these subjects is through dialogue"

Censorshiparchive

After censorship row, what next in Hungary?

Brussels shows and Budapest appointment overshadowed by government’s hands-on cultural policy

Outrage at Smithsonian self-censorship over Wojnarowicz work

Controversy follows decision to remove David Wojnarowicz video loaned by National Portrait Gallery

Shanghaiarchive

“Art spies” said to be on look out for non-approved events

Conflict between government and arts organisers at Shanghai World Expo

Mark Stephens on art censorship at the Tate: obscenity, indecency, and freedom of speech

Richard Prince's Spiritual America has been the subject of police interference, and the question of unclothed children in art is once again at the forefront

Artists and academics fight animal rights activists in US Supreme Court

Anti-censorship group believes law against images of cruelty limits artistic freedoms

Swedenarchive

Legal vetting of graduation shows raises spectre of censorship in Sweden

Swedish students’ work comes under scrutiny after a series of controversies

Cooper Union accused of censorship as Stalin banner is removed

The controversial image was removed after protests from local community, many of whom were Ukrainian

Censorshiparchive

Terrorism exhibition cancelled at Chelsea Art Museum

Museum curator resigns over claims of censorship

Censorshiparchive

Kulik images impounded as ‘pornography’ at Fiac

Russian gallery directors handcuffed by police, but case dropped

“Every society has its taboos”: Interview with Farhad Moshiri

The Middle Eastern contemporary artist discusses the state of the art market, his commercial success, and what it’s like to work in Iran

Copenhagenarchive

Danish museum to buy Muhammad cartoons which sparked global riots

The Royal Library is in talks to purchase the works; another Danish museum wants to put them on display

Malaysiaarchive

Artists in Malaysia facing censorship, ethnic separation and Islamicisation

But it is a lively scene that looks to the international art world