Directed by the artist’s daughter and her husband, “A Revolution on Canvas” is a heart-breaking family drama disguised as a political thriller

Quilts by Loretta Pettway have been removed from a major textile survey at the London institution over accusations of “censorship and repression”

The public body “will not remove or refuse funding” over political work, it has confirmed following backlash

The chilling of artistic freedom is impacting artists and those they connect with

The death of the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny last month, after years of confinement in a Siberian jail, and subsequent quelling of protest, emphasised the flourishing of censorship across a globe riven by geopolitical crises, in a year when democracy is put to the test in more than 70 countries. With the threat of electoral misinformation being boosted by AI-generated content and social media algorithms, artists have been warning of new kinds of censorship. The effect is being felt in real life, online and in social media

Regional governments accused of censorship and political interference after controversial axing of five museum directors in two months

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

In a recent hearing the artist, Vasily Slonov, likened his treatment to that of Aleksei Navalny, the opposition leader who died on 16 February

Update to guidelines warns partner organisations that funding arrangements could be jeopardised by "reputational risk"

A tour of a show of drawings by the renowned British artist, plus Bruguera discusses concerns over artist censorship in Germany in relation to the Israel-Hamas war, and a chat about an Indian painting from Howard Hodgkin’s collection

The dissident artist argues that restrictions manifest more subtly in Europe and the US

The Eskenazi Museum of Art of the Indiana University in Bloomington cited “safety concerns” when it abruptly cancelled Samia Halaby’s show

Anniversary exhibition at Mumbai's oldest gallery, Chemould Prescott Road, dusted off the archives, featuring artists such as Mithu Sen and Atul Dodiya

The dispute was sparked by a decision to cancel Palestine Film Festival events

Some students were reportedly “disturbed” by Giuseppe Cesari work which depicts bathing nymphs

The Florida governor’s recent education reforms are damaging arts and humanities programmes across the state—but educators and students are fighting back

As Florida Governor Ron DeSantis cracks down on their public visibility, local celebrities from Fantasia Royale Gaga to Persephone Von Lips are celebrated in banner form above Española Way

A new smaller version of Jens Galschiøt’s work is part of a survey focused on human rights in Asia

Film screening and poetry night were pulled over concerns they may be seen as "political activity"

Members of the country's cultural sector are among those concerned about harsh punishments for perceived violations should the declaration be signed off

Skochilenko was charged for replacing supermarket price labels with pieces of information about the destruction of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol

The artist-activist defends free speech in a lengthy response, but says that the gallery’s decision is “for his own well-being”

The St Petersburg artist Sasha Skochilenko was arrested in April 2022 for replacing a store's price labels with information about the war in Ukraine

Companies that manage advertising spaces in Houston reportedly called off the project with little warning or explanation

Against a backdrop of growing censorship, a book charting the struggle of the community to gain mainstream recognition offers some hope

Images of a care home in Manila by Hannah Reyes Morales fell foul of right-wing lawmakers

The Royal Ontario Museum had edited wall text and cropped an image of a painting, which the artist says amounted to “censorship and alteration”

Controversial action was previously ruled as an act of “government speech”

The exhibition in Nantes was postponed after interventions by Beijing authorities

Steve Bell's unpublished drawing of the Israeli prime minister shows him performing surgery on his own stomach, which has drawn parallels with the antisemitic 'pound of flesh' trope