Tag: censorship
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Belarus Free Theatre to Present Venice Biennial Collateral Exhibition on Art Under Authoritarianism and Censorship
The Belarus Free Theatre, an underground theater group in exile since 2020, announced Wednesday that it will stage the exhibition “Official. Unofficial. Belarus.” as an official collateral event of the 61st Venice Biennale. The show, to be staged at the more than 1,000-year-old La Chiesa di San Giovanni Evangelista di Venezia, will open May 9, read more
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How the Berlinale Turned Into a Horror Show of German Censorship
Despite its desperate attempts to divorce art from politics, the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) sparked controversy yet again after multiple prizewinners’ acceptance speeches included criticisms of Israel and Germany. Amid speculation that Berlinale Director Tricia Tuttle could be ousted as the event executives navigate the next steps, hundreds of film professionals have come to read more
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What Will Censorship Look Like in the Age of AI?
Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt fromOn Censorship by Ai Weiwei. It releases in March from Thames & Hudson. In 2025, the rapid development of artificial intelligence pushed a group of young Chinese entrepreneurs to the forefront with DeepSeek, which propelled its search technology into new territories. This triggered panic within the highly competitive AI read more
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University of North Texas Students Withdraw Thesis Shows, Citing Censorship
Graduate students in the MFA Studio Art program at the University of North Texas (UNT) are withdrawing their upcoming thesis presentations in solidarity with artist Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez, whose exhibition at the school was abruptly cancelled without explanation. Quiñonez’s solo show at the College of Visual Arts and Design (CVAD) featured sculptures and installations that read more
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University of North Texas Cancels Victor Quiñonez Exhibition, Artist Claims Censorship over Anti-ICE Content in His Work
The exhibition was intended to be a homecoming for artist Victor“Marka27” Quiñonez who grew up in the Dallas–Fort Worth metro area. The excitement built when he got the first batch of images showing his traveling solo exhibition being installed at the University of North Texas’s CVAD Gallery. Quiñonez was looking forward to receiving images of read more
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Posters with purpose: the analog protest calling out the censorship of women’s health
In response to widespread suppression of women’s health vocabulary, health creative studio Ouch! launches the GOOD WORDS campaign: a series of posters highlighting how essential terms such as “vulva,” “uterus,” and “period” are censored by digital platforms, forcing women to navigate a growing “euphemism economy” of coded language just to find information online. The campaign read more
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