Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata and Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies” are banned under the new restrictions.
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Meta’s New “Political Content” Limits Sow Concern Among Artists
The default feature comes ahead of the 2024 Presidential election and amid mounting international political crises.
Questions Remain After ICA Miami Removes Portrait of Edward Said
Charles Gaines’s artwork depicting the Palestinian-American scholar was quietly taken down and re-installed, rousing concerns.
Lenders Withdraw Works From Barbican Show, Alleging “Censorship”
The London arts center decided not to host a talk that explored connections between the Holocaust and Israel’s attacks on Gaza.
UK Arts Funding Body Urges Grantees to Stay Out of Politics
Arts Council England’s updates to its guidelines have drawn backlash from critics who say they amount to censorship.
Center for Book Arts Backs Out of Performance, Drawing Criticism
The New York nonprofit said Sister Sylvester’s artwork was “too closely aligned with the current conflict in Gaza.”
Meta’s Anti-Nudity Algorithms Go After AI Artists
Artists who use the body in their work are falling victim to tech companies’ struggle to respond to generative AI.
Artists Drop Out of CalArts MFA Show After Venue Bans Pro-Palestine Language
The UTA Artist Space in Beverly Hills allegedly told participants that they could not address Palestine or Gaza in their artist statements.
Artist Emily Jacir Calls Suppression of Palestinian Voices “Part of Genocide”
In a recent Democracy Now! segment, Palestinian artists Jacir and Samia Halaby decry the widespread stifling of pro-Palestine expression.
Museum Watchdog Group Decries Silencing of Pro-Palestine Voices
The International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art said it is witnessing “unprecedented international censorship of artists and curators.”
Instagram Censors NYC Art Show About the Nude Body
An image for Nudity is not Radical!, an exhibition that aims to de-sexualize nudity, was ironically taken down by Meta.
Artists Pledge to Boycott German Institutions Over Stifling of Pro-Palestine Speech
Hundreds of cultural figures have decried the nation’s “McCarthyist policies” equating criticism of the Israeli government with antisemitism.