School Nixes Exhibition Criticized by Turning Point USA

Oct 17, 2025

A long-running art exhibition of political artwork at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) was not invited to return to the school this year after a wave of right-wing backlash, including from a Tennessee chapter of Turning Point USA. The Fletcher Exhibit of Social...

Artists Are Helping Revive Jane Fonda-Led Free Speech Group 

Oct 14, 2025

Hundreds of cultural workers, including visual artists, have signed on to a newly reignited McCarthy-era free speech group led by actress Jane Fonda.  Fonda announced on October 1 that she would revive the Committee for the First Amendment, an anti-censorship...

Artists Are Helping Revive Jane Fonda-Led Free Speech Group 

Oct 14, 2025

Hundreds of cultural workers, including visual artists, have signed on to a newly reignited McCarthy-era free speech group led by actress Jane Fonda.  Fonda announced on October 1 that she would revive the Committee for the First Amendment, an anti-censorship...

California School Shutters Exhibition After Altering “Political” Art

Oct 10, 2025

Los Angeles — A private Christian university in Malibu has closed an exhibition six months ahead of schedule, following requests from at least a dozen artists to withdraw from the show after the school removed or altered art it considered “political.” The news comes...

New Reports Expose the Global Toll of Censorship

Sep 26, 2025

When surveillance and censorship abound in the name of security, the arts tend to serve as the proverbial “canary in the coal mine,” signaling the suffocating effects of repression as it takes hold. The latest data, then, should be cause for alarm: 70% of the world’s...

Art History Professor Placed on Leave Over Charlie Kirk Posts

Sep 20, 2025

Karen Leader (front) was placed on “administrative leave” after right-wing social media accounts targeted her comments on Charlie Kirk. (all images courtesy Karen Leader) Karen Leader, a tenured associate professor of Art History at Florida Atlantic...

Thai Art Center Censors Exhibition After “Pressure” From China

Aug 9, 2025

A Bangkok exhibition exploring state violence and resistance, which included artists from Tibet and Hong Kong, was altered under pressure by officials at the Chinese Embassy in Thailand. In an email sent to the artists reviewed by Hyperallergic, the curators of the...