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Burning Man Removes Pro-Palestine Watermelon Artwork From Website
The festival took down the artwork submission after a petition said its title, “From the River to the Sea,” was antisemitic.
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Art Alluding to Pro-Palestine Slogan Nixed From Miami Beach Display
Hundreds signed a letter in support of Khánh Nguyên Hoàng Vũ after Oolite Arts removed their work, which referred metaphorically to the phrase “from the river to the sea.”
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Providence College Cancels Exhibition Over "Anti-Catholic" Artwork
Artist Shey "Ri Acu" Rivera Ríos has received an outpouring of support from faculty and students after their work was deemed “sacrilegious.”
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Chechnya Bans Music Deemed Too Fast or Too Slow
Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata and Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies” are banned under the new restrictions.
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Meta's New “Political Content” Limits Sow Concern Among Artists
The default feature comes ahead of the 2024 Presidential election and amid mounting international political crises.
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Questions Remain After ICA Miami Removes Portrait of Edward Said
Charles Gaines’s artwork depicting the Palestinian-American scholar was quietly taken down and re-installed, rousing concerns.
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Lenders Withdraw Works From Barbican Show, Alleging “Censorship”
The London arts center decided not to host a talk that explored connections between the Holocaust and Israel’s attacks on Gaza.
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UK Arts Funding Body Urges Grantees to Stay Out of Politics
Arts Council England's updates to its guidelines have drawn backlash from critics who say they amount to censorship.
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Center for Book Arts Backs Out of Performance, Drawing Criticism
The New York nonprofit said Sister Sylvester's artwork was “too closely aligned with the current conflict in Gaza.”
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Meta's Anti-Nudity Algorithms Go After AI Artists
Artists who use the body in their work are falling victim to tech companies' struggle to respond to generative AI.
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Artists Drop Out of CalArts MFA Show After Venue Bans Pro-Palestine Language
The UTA Artist Space in Beverly Hills allegedly told participants that they could not address Palestine or Gaza in their artist statements.
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Artist Emily Jacir Calls Suppression of Palestinian Voices "Part of Genocide"
In a recent Democracy Now! segment, Palestinian artists Jacir and Samia Halaby decry the widespread stifling of pro-Palestine expression.