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Smithsonian Told Staffer to Remove 'Unjust' From Show on Internment

01/09/2026

2025 was quite a year for the Smithsonian Institution, which found itself in the crosshairs of the second Trump administration early and often. Last year began with Trump calling for a purge of “anti-American ideology” from the institution’s 19 museums. …

Метки : смитсоновский институтадминистрация трампацензураяпонские американцыгражданские свободыискусство

Franco Regime Sought to Censor Robert Motherwell Painting in Spain

01/07/2026

Longstanding questions about an episode surrounding a Robert Motherwell painting in Spain have finally been answered: the Franco regime really did try to censor the Abstract Expressionist’s work, proposing an altered title for one work with a name that explicitly …

Метки : искусствоцензурамазервеллиспанская республикавыставкаистория.

In 2025, Censorship and Firings Defined a Fractured Art World

12/29/2025

In its 2024 Year-in-Review, ARTnews noted a widening schism in the art world, defined by a moral fault: the continued support of Israel amid the destruction of Gaza. A year later—and more than three years into what a UN commission …

Метки : искусствоцензураполитикавыставкисвобода выраженияпротесты

Artists Rally for First Amendment Rights at NYC’s Federal Hall

12/18/2025

Artists Rally for First Amendment Rights at NYC’s Federal Hall On December 15, artists, musicians, cultural workers, and local politicians gathered inNew York’sFederal Hall, where the Bill of Rights was introduced, to defend artistic rights in the US. Under the …

Метки : искусствоцензураправа человекакультурные правапервое поправканью-йорк

The Defining Artworks of 2025

12/08/2025

By some measures, democracy is in downward decline in quite a few countries across the world, while censorship is only increasing. (A coincidence? Hardly.) But even with so much valid concern about the fragility of the world order more broadly, …

Метки : демократияцензураискусствопротестправа человекатрансгендерные права

Amy Sherald on 60 Minutes: 'Only Choice' To Pull Out of Exhibition

10/21/2025

In an interview with Anderson Cooper on CBS’ “60 Minutes”, painter Amy Sherald spoke about her decision to pull out of her solo exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery after the museum considered removing her painting of a Black …

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Sally Mann Warns of Government Censorship After Art Seizure

09/26/2025

After her photographs were seized at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in Texas earlier this year in January, photographer Sally Mann opened up in an interview with NPR about how it impacted her second recently released memoir Art …

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Ai Weiwei claims De Zeit portrayed him in 'distorted, unjust manner.'

09/22/2025

Chinese artist Ai WeiWei has claimed that German newspaper De Zeit portrayed him in “a distorted and unjust manner” in an article it published on Thursday. His claim follows another he made earlier this year, alleging that the paper censored …

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Palestinian Artist Samia Halaby Wins Munch Award for 'Protesting Injustices'

09/16/2025

The Munch Museum in Oslo announced Tuesday that Palestinian artist Samia Halaby is the second recipient of the Munch Award, which honors artistic freedom of expression. The award, inaugurated last year, carries a prize of 300,000 Norwegian krones (around $30,000) …

Метки : искусствопремияцензураоправданиебразилияпалестина

Amy Sherald's Canceled Smithsonian Show Goes to Baltimore

09/05/2025

Amy Sherald‘s exhibition “American Sublime” is now expected to open at the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) in November. The announcement follows the artist’s decision to cancel the iteration planned at the Smithsonian in July amid censorship concerns. “Presenting American …

Метки : эми шералдвыставкабалтиморсмитсоновский институтцензураискусство

Amy Sherald Speaks Out About Government Censorship at the Smithsonian

08/25/2025

Amy Sherald, the painter who canceled her exhibition “American Sublime” at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in July due to censorship issues, has broken her silence in a MSNBC article. Sherald canceled her September show after the museum considered removing …

Метки : искусствоэми шералдцензуравыставкаполитикамузеи

White House Targets Specific Artworks at Smithsonian Museums

08/22/2025

On Thursday night, the White House appeared to denounce a range of artworks, shows, and objects on view at the Smithsonian Institution, continuing President Donald Trump‘s protest against the museum network. Published on the White House website as an article …

Метки : трампсмитсоновский институтискусствомузейцензурапротест

Art in General Returns to New York, with Xiaoyu Weng as Director

08/13/2025

Editor’s Note: This story is part of Newsmakers, a new ARTnews series where we interview the movers and shakers who are making change in the art world. The role of alternative art spaces in the New York art scene tends …

Метки : искусствонью-йоркальтернативные художественные пространствавыставкимолодые художникицензура

Amy Sherald Cancels Smithsonian Exhibition over Censorship

07/26/2025

Amy Sherald Cancels Smithsonian Exhibition over Censorship Amy Sherald has terminated her forthcoming show, “American Sublime,” at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery over censorship concerns. Sherald, who gained wide acclaim for her2018 portrait of Michelle Obama, said that she made …

Метки : искусствоцензураэми шералдвыставкатрансгендерные вопросысмитсоновский институт