Abortion

An exhibition on reproductive health raises urgent questions—and the spectre of self-censorship

The touring exhibition “Reproductive: Health, Fertility, Agency” features works that unflinchingly address infringements on bodily autonomy; its run has been cut short after a university gallery withdrew from its leg of the tour

‘We are down here fighting for our lives’: Texas exhibition highlights crackdowns on reproductive healthcare and abortion access

Focusing on works by artists with ties to the American South, “Is It Real?” raises awareness and funds for reproductive rights for communities on the front lines

Truck-based exhibition on bodily autonomy kicks off US tour in New York

The project “Body Freedom for Every(body)” will spend the next three months touring the country in a truck emblazoned with Barbara Kruger’s famous message: “Your Body is a Battleground”

Shahzia Sikander says she will not fix statue that was beheaded in Houston

In a Washington Post op-ed, the artist wrote she wants to leave the sculpture damaged to show the “fissures in our country”

Shahzia Sikander statue promoting women's justice at University of Houston beheaded

In the shadow of anti-abortion protests lambasting the artist's sculpture as "Satanic", Sikander's bronze 2023 work 'Witness' was beheaded early Monday morning

‘Shame on those that silence artists’: Shahzia Sikander speaks out after her opening in Texas is cancelled

The University of Houston seems to have caved to the threats of a local anti-abortion group

The Guerrilla Girls take on an Arkansas music festival

The activist art collective is bringing an installation of its work and a series of workshops to the Format festival in Bentonville

Capturing the ‘spectacularly unspectacular’ reality of abortions and reproductive health facilities

Carmen Winant’s new installation at the Minneapolis Institute of Art conveys how unremarkable spaces and procedures that have become intensely politicised are

Gallery pays tribute to America's lost abortion rights, 50 years after landmark Roe v Wade ruling

Michael Rosenfeld's Frieze New York booth features works by feminist artists from 1973

Artist Nancy Baker Cahill projects exploding uterus atop the US Supreme Court

The artist’s augmented-reality artwork addresses the evisceration of abortion rights in the US

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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

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

Artist takes abortion fight to the beach in Miami

Conceptual artist Michele Pred will draw two giant abortion pills for reproductive health justice

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Painter Loie Hollowell, who is launching an NFT series to support abortion funds, discusses politics, motherhood and her market

The Contractions series, based on the artist's experience giving birth to her daughter, will be sold on the blockchain to help those affected by the overturning of Roe v. Wade

‘It’s not surprising, but it’s totally shocking’: artists respond to leaked US Supreme Court document threatening abortion access

Artists in the US and beyond expressed outrage, frustration and anger after a leaked draft of a decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade

Amid overwhelming silence from US museums on Roe v. Wade news, ICA San Francisco offers its space to abortion rights activists

Few museums have spoken out since a leaked draft of a US Supreme Court decision indicated that the country's highest court will overturn the landmark abortion rights case

Neon art installation begins tour of US states where abortion rights are threatened

The month-long tour of Alicia Eggert’s neon text work ‘OURs’ was organised by Planned Parenthood to pressure lawmakers and raise awareness of efforts to restrict abortion rights

What's behind the red lightning bolt, the main symbol of Poland's pro-choice marches?

As thousands take to the streets to protest against a near-total ban on abortion, the graphic designer Ola Jasionowska tells us about creating the movement's logo

Abortion will happen—whatever the law says

The artist Paula Rego on why her abortion works are the best thing she's ever done

Artists take to the streets of Limerick in emotive abortion rights protest

Procession organised by Artists’ Campaign to Repeal the Eighth Amendment marks launch of Eva International biennial