The organization is also accused of trying to remove an abstract quilt referencing abortion access from a traveling exhibition, according to the artists.
Censorship
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How Will Meta’s New Content Policy Affect Artists?
Artists have long faced censorship on the company’s platforms, but new guidelines limiting content moderation are far from a boon to free speech.
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Most Museum Directors Have Faced Pressure to Censor Art, Survey Finds
Works critical of Christianity and works by Palestinian artists were among those that would “definitely” elicit complaints, survey respondents said.
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Nan Goldin Speaks Out on Censorship of Berlin Show
“I felt disavowed by the museum,” the artist said of the Neue Nationalgalerie in an interview published for the first time in English in Hyperallergic.
Posted inArt
Things Not Seen
Since October 7th, 2023, fault lines around Palestinian solidarity have changed the landscape of visual art.
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UN Removes Pro-Palestine Art From Public Quilt Exhibition
The installation, based on messages of peace from around the world, included a panel that read “from the river to the sea.”
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Canadian Cultural Center Shutters Exhibition Over Palestine References
The move by the Aurora Cultural Center “contributes to the consistent dehumanization of Arabs in general,” said artist Hala Alsalman.
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Brooklyn Nonprofit Apologizes for Removing Palestinian-American Artist’s Work
UrbanGlass excluded Phil Garip’s art from a staff exhibition last March over its inclusion of the phrase “from the river to the sea.”
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ACLU Sues Colorado Town Over Cancellation of Native Artist’s Residency
Danielle SeeWalker was invited to paint a mural in Vail, but then complaints were received about her pro-Palestine activism.
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Israeli Authorities Censor Film About 1948 Depopulation of Palestine
Lyd (2023), produced by Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters, explores a future without Israeli occupation through archival footage and sci-fi elements.
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Taliban Bans Images of Living Beings in Some Afghan Media
The ban on images of any beings “with a soul” in some provinces raises concerns about press freedoms in Afghanistan.
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The Slipperiness of COVID-Era Cultural Memory
Director Lou Ye follows a film crew in Wuhan who decides to revive a project abandoned 10 years prior, only to be placed under lockdown during shooting.