In September 2019, London-based photographer Yumna Al-Arashi announced that one of her photographs, showing women in a hammam, had been taken down...
Shedding Skin
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CATEGORY: Art and the Law Case Studies
Victory is Not an Option
The Victory is Not an Option exhibition is a great example of how with the right training and preparation controversial art can inspire and reward
Bringing the Story Home – Trojan Horse in Birmingham
Index’s case study on the production of a play covering the Trojan Horse affair
The Believers Are But Brothers bucks the trend
Julia Farrington explores the development of The Believers Are But Brothers, a play exploring the radicalisation of young men and the legal limits of freedom of expression.
Positive Hell
As part of its Art and Offence programme exploring censorship and self-censorship in the arts, Index on Censorship researches examples of censorship in UK theatre, film and visual arts. Index looked at the case of Positive Hell — a short documentary film that challenges the scientific consensus on HIV and AIDS.
Spiritual America 2014
Spiritual America 2014 Xenofon Kavvadias As part of Index on Censorship’s programme looking into art, law and offence in the UK, this case study...
The Siege
Throughout Index on Censorship’s Art and the Law information packs, the lawyers who wrote them stress that the packs offer guidance only and are not...
“The law is no less conceptual than fine art”
"The law is no less conceptual than fine art" Exhibition of Illegal Books by Xenofon Kavvadias 10 Vyner Street London E8 5th May - 17th June 2011...
Policing the picket of Exhibit B
This is an account of the policing of the demonstration organised by Boycott the Human Zoo Campaign on the opening night of Brett Bailey’s theatrical installation Exhibit B presented by the Barbican at the Vaults Waterloo.
Can We Talk About This?
As part of our work on art, offence and the law, Julia Farrington, associate arts producer, Index on Censorship, interviewed Eva Pepper, DV8’s...