In Brief
Facebook Censors Photo of Copenhagen's Beloved Little Mermaid Statue
For more than a century, Edvard Eriksen's bronze statue of "The Little Mermaid" has perched quietly on a waterside rock in Copenhagen, offending virtually no one.
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Interview
The New Director of South Korea's National Modern Art Museum Responds to His Critics
On Monday Bartomeu Marí, the former head of the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, began his new job as head of South Korea's National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, marking the first time the museum has had an official director in over a year.
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New Site Lets You Report Facebook and Other Networks When They Censor Art
Nudity in art has been around for thousands of years, but Facebook still can't take it.
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South Korea's Art Community Protests Top Candidate for Museum Directorship After Censorship Fiasco
South Korea's National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) will very soon have a new director, but the local art community is protesting the top candidate for the position, Bartomeu Marí.
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Three Resign from International Museum Committee Board, Demand New Leadership
Three museum directors have resigned from their positions as board members for the International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art (CIMAM), dissatisfied with how its top figures have handled and responded to debates that first emerged earlier this year over censorship.
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Major Russian Gallery Forced to Close After Supporting Political Prisoners
A legendary Russian gallery is being evicted after holding a charity event supporting political prisoners.
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Instagram Deletes Activist Account After #KKKorGOP Posts
Last night, the activist group Dream Defenders contributed to the first GOP debate through Instagram, posting on its account collaged images of Republican candidates and members of the KKK, tagged #KKKorGOP.
In Brief
Dissident Artist Convinces Russian Detective to Quit His Job
A Russian police investigator interrogates a detained political artist, with the end result being that the detective — his eyes opened to the state’s abuses of power — renounces his badge.
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Conservative Politician Demands Removal of Sexual Mandala, Gallery Refuses
At first glance, French Canadian artist Rosalie Maheux's artwork displayed in the lobby of a government office building in Toronto resembles a kaleidoscopic mandala composed of harmless, symmetric shapes.
Art
Palestinian Artist's Rainbow Mural on the West Bank Wall Has Unintended Consequences
Artist Khaled Jarrar is no stranger to controversy.
In Brief
Artist Who Got Turkish President Fined Now Facing Four Years in Jail
Sculptor Mehmet Aksoy may have scored a victory earlier this year, when the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was fined about $3,800 for calling his unfinished "Monument to Humanity" a "monstrosity," but now the artist is facing 56 months in prison for insulting the president.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: Brigitte Bardot goes after artist for using her image, tourists snap naked group photo on sacred Malaysian mountain, and Russia crucifies trash Jesus.