Freedom of speech
Freedom of speech
Former museum curator accuses city in Arizona of censorship in lawsuit
The former chief curator of the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum is suing the municipality for allegedly ordering the removal of a print from a Shepard Fairey exhibition
Russian dissident artist released as part of historic prisoner swap
Sasha Skochilenko, who was arrested in 2022 for an art intervention opposing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, was freed along with Wall Street Journal writer Evan Gershkovich and 15 others
New tool tracks incidents of artistic censorship related to Israel-Hamas war
The digital resource, created by US non-profit National Coalition Against Censorship, catalogues incidents from cancelled exhibitions and performances to removed works
Art students arrested as US universities crack down on Palestinian solidarity encampments
Students at Parsons School of Design, the Fashion Institute of Technology, the School of Visual Arts, the Savannah College of Art and Design and others have joined the nationwide protest movement
Museum’s decision to remove artist’s monograph from its bookstore sparks questions about freedom of expression
Doug Argue’s exhibition at the Weisman Art Museum last year was not accompanied by the book that inspired it due to sensitivities Argue likened to “book banning”
Russian artist charged with showing ‘extremist imagery’ faces four years in prison
In a recent hearing the artist, Vasily Slonov, likened his treatment to that of Aleksei Navalny, the opposition leader who died on 16 February
German Academy of Arts criticises 'dangerous' violations of artistic freedom
The statement follows a number of exhibition cancellations because of curators’ or artists’ views on the Middle East conflict
Lisson Gallery puts Ai Weiwei London show on hold over Israel-Hamas war tweet
The artist-activist defends free speech in a lengthy response, but says that the gallery’s decision is “for his own well-being”
Artist says California city censored his exhibition after local police took offense
Two days after his exhibition at San Mateo City Hall opened, Diego Marcial Rios’s entire show was taken down
'Controversy at Kiran Nadar Museum of Art in Delhi raises important questions over private museums in public life'
The firing of a curator for making critical statements against the museum's founder has prompted a long-overdue debate within the art world
Is the graphic designer who refuses to create websites for same-sex couples an artist?
US Supreme Court justices debate whether obliging a Colorado woman to create wedding websites for same-sex couples violates her free speech rights as an artist
Professor who was controversially fired for 'Islamophobia' after showing depictions of Prophet Muhammad is named
US university's decision to dismiss employee for displaying the 14th- and 16th-century works has been described as an "egregious violation" of academic freedom
Cuban government sentences dissident artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara to five years in prison
After more than a year in prison, Otero Alcántara was convicted of “insulting national symbols”
Florida arts professor says she was targeted for work denouncing white supremacy in annual staff exhibition
The work has received pushback from Republican student groups who denounce the artist's decision to place the US flag on the floor