An art exhibit at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art turned controversial and sparked discussions of censorship this past week when a commissioner determined that some of the art in the exhibit was “offensive,” “obscene,” and “anti-Christian.” Entitled Turn the Page: The First…
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Ecuadorian Artist’s Exhibit Censored by Government
An art exhibit whose central theme is freedom of expression is facing a censorship attempt by the House of Ecuadorian Culture out of concern that it might become a “forum for opinion and political criticism.” Vilma Vargas has built a…
City Issues Apology for Women’s History Month Censorship
Photographer Brooke Mason may have been at the center of a free speech controversy in West Hollywood, California, after three of her photographs were removed from a Women’s History Month-themed exhibition last month, but inclusion in a new exhibit and…
“Creative City” Censors Creativity Due to Pornography Concerns
Due to complaints and misinterpretation as child pornography, the city of West Hollywood, California, forced the removal of three photographs by local female artist Brooke Mason from a Woman’s History Month-themed city-wide exhibition. The removal of the pieces has not only…
Removal of Student Art Piece Incites Free Speech Concerns in Community
A controversial piece pulled from a Denver, Colorado, student art exhibit earlier this month has incited concerns in the community about free speech violations and sending the wrong message to students when teaching art. The art exhibit, done as part…
Police Demand Removal of Denver Student’s Art
Police associations and others successfully demanded the removal of a Denver 10th-grader’s artwork from a public building this week. The drawing shows a police officer in a Ku Klux Klan hood aiming a gun at an unarmed black youth with…
Brooklyn Community Archive Features Protest Movement Comics in New Exhibit
CBLDF Executive Director Charles Brownstein recently had the opportunity to tour the current exhibit Our Comics, Ourselves: Identity, Expression, and Representation in Comic Art at Brooklyn’s Interference Archive. Impressed by the visit, he wrote it up for The Beat. Interference Archive…
Ai Weiwei Collecting Donated LEGO After Company Rejects Bulk Order
Fans of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei are setting up collection points for donated LEGO bricks around the world after the Danish company refused to fulfill a bulk order for his upcoming show in Australia. In response to inquiries, a LEGO…
St. Petersburg Nabokov Museum Sends Nude Comics Packing
Sequential artists Dominique Goblet and Kai Pfeiffer are scratching their heads in bewilderment after an exhibition of their work in St. Petersburg, Russia was shut down, even after they agreed to censor it for nudity. The exhibit was part of…
London Gallery Removes Toy Dioramas from Free Speech Exhibit Amid Terrorism Fears
A London gallery hosting an annual freedom of expression exhibit last week pulled a series of satirical photo dioramas after police raised concerns about “potentially inflammatory content” that could anger Islamic State or other extremists. The photos by pseudonymous…