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How Can NYC Artists Push Back Against Censorship?
A City Council hearing featured testimony from artists and cultural leaders on funding and free speech, particularly under threats from the Trump administration.
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Colorado Museum Accused of Censoring Anti-ICE, Pro-Palestine Artwork
History Colorado Center cited campaign finance laws. Free speech groups are not convinced.
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California Museum Director Resigns After University Removes “Political” Artwork
Andrea Gyorody has stepped down from the Weisman Museum at Pepperdine University, whose administration obscured works with anti-ICE and other messages.
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An Exhibition of Silenced Artists Sends a Warning in New York City
Don’t Look Now: A Defense of Free Expression centers art impacted by President Trump’s crackdown on DEI, anti-Palestine sentiment, and other forms of suppression.
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School Nixes Exhibition Criticized by Turning Point USA
The Fletcher Exhibit of political art was hosted at East Tennessee State University for 11 years until it came under attack from right-wing figures.
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Artists Are Helping Revive Jane Fonda-Led Free Speech Group
The Committee for the First Amendment fought against the censorship of cultural workers during the McCarthy era.
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California School Shutters Exhibition After Altering "Political" Art
Pepperdine University abruptly closed the show as at least a dozen artists asked to withdraw in protest of what they called an act of censorship.
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New Reports Expose the Global Toll of Censorship
Two dossiers paint an urgent quantitative picture of the rapidly growing suppression of free expression and artistic freedom.
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Art History Professor Placed on Leave Over Charlie Kirk Posts
Karen Leader, an associate professor at Florida Atlantic University, had posted about the right-wing figure’s record of hateful speech.
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Thai Art Center Censors Exhibition After “Pressure” From China
Works by artists from Hong Kong, Tibet, and the Uyghur diaspora were altered to avoid “diplomatic tensions between Thailand and China,” the Bangkok Art and Culture Center said.
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Amy Sherald Cancels Smithsonian Show, Citing Censorship of Trans Artwork
The artist said the National Portrait Gallery was considering removing the painting after Trump issued anti-trans mandates for federally funded museums.
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High School Teacher Reprimanded for Showing Jewish Dissent Poster
Evanston teacher Andrew Ginsberg, who is Jewish, was asked to take down a print referencing anti-war Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel’s 1971 essay.