Maine Governor to censor labor mural
Panel 1-3 of the mural Earlier this week, Maine Governor Paul LePage ordered that a mural in the Department of Labor depicting scenes from Maine’s labor be removed. Why? Because the mural “sends a...
View ArticlePFAW Releases “How Not to Respond to Political Bullies” On Hide/Seek
NCAC participating organization, People For the American Way, has developed a detailed summary of the events around Hide/Seek complete with suggestions as to “what to do next time.” PFAW was one of the...
View ArticleFamous Art Censored For Sensitive Types
In response to the disturbing story of a woman who attacked a Gauguin at the National Gallery, Flavorwire Art Editor Marina Galpernia has helpfully compiled a photo set of great works modified for...
View ArticleNCAC Calls For Release of Ai Weiwei
Photo from ArtKnowledgeNews.com NCAC is adding to the global community of artists and institutions calling for the immediate release of the renowned Ai Weiwei, one China’s most innovative and socially...
View ArticleArt Censorship in 2011: Nudity, Sexuality, Religion, Politics, and… Meat?!
2012 has already brought a few cases of censored art to our attention: Microsoft Skydrive froze UK blogger Michael Ohajuru‘s storage account because Modigliani’s painting “Reclining Nude” violated...
View ArticleArt Succeeds in Starting a Conversation, But Some Call for the Cancellation...
Update: Lawrence, KS officials have banned the project, saying the proposed art installation would amount to animal cruelty. The Kansas code allows “with respect to farm animals” for “normal or...
View ArticleColorado Academic Center Institutes Censorship Regime After Controversy Over...
Until a few weeks ago, the Arts Building at the Aurari Higher Education Center in Denver featured several walls emblazoned with the kindly decree to “Post Artwork Here.” However, in light of recent...
View ArticleDon’t Let Them Eat Cake
Sweden’s minister of culture has been in the global news spotlight recently, and not for her nation’s propensity for neo-noir literature. Minister Lena Adelson Liljeroth was invited to attend and speak...
View ArticleArt, Porn and Censorship: the Mansfield Art Center (OH) Covers up Painting
A painting, included in a juried exhibition show at the Mansfield Art Center in Ohio, was partially covered with black paper. The painting had been selected for inclusion in the show, but the...
View ArticleOn the First Day of Censorship, the Censors Gave to Me…
This post is part of our Twelve Days of Censorship series, reporting the gifts of the Ghosts of Censors Past and Present in honor of the holiday season. On the First Day of Censorship, the Censors...
View ArticleWhy is this artist’s work “too controversial” for an art center exhibition?
Paul Carter/The Register-Guard As a dues-paying member of the Emerald Art Center in Springfield, OR, Linda Cunningham prepared a piece of work for the monthly members’ show. The “pastoral” works of...
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