Tag: censorship

Kent Monkman, Hanky Panky, 2020

Kent Monkman Apologises for Controversial Justin Trudeau Painting

27/05/2020

Following outcries against the work on social media, the Cree artist says that the image 'failed' in its message to address the victimisation of indigenous women....

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UK Drill Rappers Collaborate With Russian Blood Artist to Protest Government Censorship

04/06/2019

Skengdo, AM and Drillminister have collaborated with Andrei Molodkin to create three new additions to the Russian artist's Young Blood series (2019) based on censored protest music. ...

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Freedom of Expression in the Arts Under Threat in the UK

31/05/2019

The Arts Censorship Support Service, an initiative from Index on Censorship, has been launched to keep the space for artistic freedom of expression as wide open as possible....

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‘Weapons’ Removed From Van Gogh Sculpture

20/11/2018

Controversial items relating to the artist's life were scrapped from original design over fears they could be linked to drug, knife and gun crime....

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Who needs Web Porn when you've got Hot Swan on Leda action?

Web Porn: The War on W*nk

15/02/2018

Plans to restrict Web Porn is more informed by humbug than serious debates, and reflects a deeper social dysfunction....

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You Can’t Handle the Truth? The New Censorship

11/07/2016

New techniques used to stop journalists covering the news ...

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Singapore’s Library Board Pulps Books

19/07/2014

Should the library be allowed to impose a moralistic "pro-family" (anti-LGBTQ) policy over its public access collections and withdraw those books which do not reflect those so-called "community...

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