censorship Archives

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....

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. ...

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....

‘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....

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....

You Can’t Handle the Truth? The New Censorship

11/07/2016

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

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...