Ruben Cordova used his social media profile as an archive of his research, but his photos of the Met Breuer’s Like Life exhibition triggered Facebook’s censors, who then permanently disabled his profile.
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After 4,300 Books Were Banned in Kuwait, an Artist Installs a Cemetery of Banned Books
Mohammad Sharaf installed 200 headstones for the censored titles in a plot of land beside Kuwait’s Annual Book Fair.
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Bangladeshi Photojournalist, Shahidul Alam, Granted Bail After 102 Days in Detention
Alam’s lawyer told Al Jazeera she hopes the 63-year-old artist will be released by Sunday.
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Political Cartoonist Threatened by Chinese Authorities During “Free Expression Week”
An exhibition by Badiucao, addressing Google’s complacency in China’s internet censorship, was set to open in Hong Kong on November 3. With one day’s notice, organizers were forced to cancel the event “out of safety concerns,” following threats from Chinese authorities.
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DC Commission Reverses Course After Attempt to Censor Artists
The mayor’s office rescinded the controversial amendment, and grantees have received a letter explaining it as an “over-correction” just moments after the censorship push made national headlines.
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Artists Accuse DC Arts Commission of Censoring Free Speech for Grant Money
The Commission recently told its grantees that it could terminate any funding interpreted as “lewd, lascivious, vulgar, overtly political, and/or excessively violent.” The ACLU may sue on First Amendment grounds if the language is not repealed.
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Queer Artist Claims Bal Harbour Officials Censored His Photography
Pacifico Silano has accused the mayor and staff of a South Florida beach town of censoring his queer-themed exhibition and canceled his show in protest.
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Israel’s Culture Minister Pushes Bill to Freeze Funds for Arts Organizations Highlighting Palestinian Narratives
The new bill suggests that culture organizations that criticize the State of Israel or highlight the Palestinian national narrative will have trouble with government funding.
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An Exhibition of Detained Photojournalist, Shahidul Alam, Opens in Dhaka
The gallery celebrated its 29th year on September 4 with an exhibition supporting Alam, who has been detained by police in Dhaka for over a month after voicing his opposition of the Bangladeshi government.
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Brazil’s Largest Queer Art Exhibition Reopens After Being Censored Last Year
Criticism from far-right groups led Queermuseum to shut down and sparked a counter-movement that relaunched the exhibit.
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As Criminalization of the Arts Intensifies in Cuba, Activists Organize
A Cuban decree seeks to censor artists to an unprecedented level, essentially regulating any and all artistic and cultural activity in the country.
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400 Indian Artists Sign Petition to Release Photographer Arrested in Bangladesh
After speaking on AlJazeera, Shahidul Alam was arrested under section 57 of the International Communication and Technology Act for reputedly spreading anti-government propaganda.
