Censorship

Turkish authorities have reportedly shut down an art exhibition dedicated to Transgender history in the country. The news was first reported by Art Newspaper on Thursday. Titled “Turn and See Back: Revisiting Trans Revolutions in…

Billionaire Gina Rinehart has asked the National Portrait of Australia to remove her portrait from the exhibition. The portrait in question was made by Aboriginal artist Vincent Namatjira. It is part of a current retrospective of the…

The Garage Museum in Moscow, Russia was reportedly raided by police last week – allegedly for housing pro-LGBTQ+ content. Reports emerged on Friday that Russian officials were raiding the Garage Museum. A channel of Russian news outlet…

Controversy arose after a 17th-century painting, featuring nude figures, was shared in a French school. The incident occurred at Jacques Cartier School at Issou on December 7. Reportedly, a teacher showed the 1603 painting  Diana and…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the return of Andrei Rublev’s Trinity to the Russian Orthodox Church, but art experts disagree. ‘Icon of the Holy Trinity’ is a 15th-century artwork created by Andrei Rublev. The painting,…

The iconic David by Michelangelo has a new controversy: getting rejected as a subway ad due to alleged ‘nudity’ in Scotland. The advertisement in question was for the Barolo Restaurant, located in the city center of Glasgow, Scotland.…

Many scholars took issue after the Asian Society and Museum blurred images of Prophet Mohammad put on an ongoing exhibition. The exhibition, titled “Comparative Hell: Arts Of Asian Underworlds”, explores the concept of hell or underworld…

France’s Council of State has cleared a painting by Miriam Cahn of the accusations of pedophilia, allowing it to stay on view. Titled fuck abstraction.!, the painting portrays a small figure on his knees, hands bound, fellating a larger,…

The Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow has been asked by the Russian government to align with state ‘values’ after a complaint. The issue began after an alleged written complaint by a person named Sergei Shadrin. In the complaint, Shadrin…

The call for the cancellation of a film with alleged anti-semitic content at Documenta 15 has led curators to write an open letter, denouncing the move. After recent allegations of anti-semitic content at the exhibition, stakeholders and…