In Brief
Leaked Document Lays Out Facebook’s Policy on Sex and Nudity in Art
The Guardian has seen more than 100 internal documents from the social media giant, including one clarifying guidelines on sex and nudity in art.
In Brief
Giorgio de Chirico's Eerie Cityscapes, Scored and Animated
Tune out from your surroundings courtesy of a strange but poetic video that stitches together 10 paintings by Giorgio de Chirico and introduces subtle animated details to each one.
News
In Response to Censorship, Artists Incite Users to Flood Facebook with Nudity
If you've ever experienced the frustration of having your Facebook account disabled after posting a nude work of art, mark January 14 as your new favorite holiday: Facebook Nudity Day.
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.
News
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.
Art
Why I'm Amassing an Army of Fake Social Media Followers
While wandering across a quiet church square in a small Dutch village, I'm talking on the phone with a journalist from the New York Times.
Opinion
12 Reasons Why I Can't Be Facebook Friends with This Artist
An artist whose work I loathe recently sent me a "Friend Request" on Facebook.
Art
This Collaged Facebook Parody Needs Your Data
Welcome to 2016. Mark Zuckerberg has stolen our data, fleeing Facebook's offices in Menlo Park with a mysterious, "charismatic hustler" known as Maurice Carbonneau.
News
Facebook Rolls Out New, More Gender-Equal “Friends” Icon
In countries like the United States, inequality between men and women is often reflected in the details.
In Brief
Four Years Later, Man Still Fighting Facebook for Censoring Courbet’s “Origin of the World”
It's been more than four years since French teacher Frédéric Durand-Baïssas, after posting a link to a documentary about Gustave Courbet's "L'Origine du Monde" (1866) on Facebook, returned to the social network to find the post removed and his profile suspended.
Opinion
The Facebook Bug that Many Feared Was Censorship
The episode is a scary reminder of just how much we rely on Facebook and just how little control we have over it.
Interview
Painting with 5,000 Facebook Friends in Your Studio
LOS ANGELES — Most artists like to think of their studios as private domains: as places where they can wrestle with the problems and possibilities of art making without anyone looking over their shoulder. Mark Dutcher, a Los Angeles painter, has spent the last five years gradually breaking down that