Several high-profile artists including Ai Weiwei have spoken out against the policy

The artist and activist, whose School of Integration runs at Manchester International Festival, will organise workshops and awards for new writers

New exhibition at the George Washington University looks back the censorship of the photographer's work—but what impact did it have on the art world?

Instagram and others are quick to ban female nudity, at a high price for the arts

Almost 1,000 people attended banana-eating demonstration outside Warsaw’s National Museum yesterday

A new statute means inmates cannot access art, literature and even medical journals that contain nudity

Art fares poorly when parroting official narratives, especially when that messaging is opposed to the values of free speech and an open society

As the cultural event gets under way, a Cuban-American artist is also blocked from entering Cuba

The San Isidro Group of Cuban artists explain their plans for the Bienal Sin 349

It's been 30 years since the event that saw thousands of protestors clamour for democracy in Beijing

Certain subjects have become off-limits—but no one knows exactly what can or cannot be discussed

Artists voice concern for Hong Kong’s artistic landscape amid so-called “mainlandification” of the SAR

Artist was granted bail in November after being held in custody in Dhaka for 102 days

A new report by the non-profit organisation Pen America calls for the repeal of Decree 349 while Cuban artists ask for solidarity from biennial participants

The journalist, accused of spreading propaganda, was backed by Banksy

“It was infuriating to find our involvement had been erased,” Ai says

Finnish artist Jani Leinonen has asked museum to remove the work—with no response

Most of the north-west Chinese region's Uyghur writers, artists and scholars have already been imprisoned

The activist says that the government crackdown continues with the creation of a “cultural police”

Under president Xi Jinping's increasingly stringent regime, galleries must negotiate a slow and capricious approval process to show works of art

The artist, Daniel Bejar, sees the early dismantling of his show in Westchester as an example of institutional censorship

Organisers at Bal Harbour show asked Pacifico Silano to remove his images with partial nudity and descriptions referring to pornography

João Ribas has stepped down following censorship row around Robert Mapplethorpe show

Document denounces effort to ‘punish free creation’

Trieste deputy mayor Paolo Polidori calls image commissioned for sailing regatta “political propaganda”

The social media giant also deleted her comments and friends

Reasons and perpetrators behind the removal of the key biennial work remain unclear

Online campaign criticises right-wing governments in Austria, Hungary and Poland and warns that Germany could be next