It should come as no surprise that, when opening an exhibition exploring queer identity, there will be critics.
Exploring queer identity in Brazil
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CATEGORY: Artistic Freedom
Index on Censorship calls on French authorities to reverse decision on visa for artist
We ask French authorities to reverse this decision and allow Murad, an Index fellow, to study
Cartoonists Rights Network International: “Like virtually no other profession the cartoonist makes it their business to remind the citizenry that the emperor is naked”
Winner of the 2019 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Campaigning Award, Cartoonists Rights Network International monitors threats and abuses against editorial cartoonists worldwide.
Indonesia’s overly restrictive Music Bill must be withdrawn
Index urges proposed legislation that would restrict artistic freedom be discarded
Uganda: Artists should not have to seek government approval to make their art
More than 130 musicians, writers and artists, together with many British and Ugandan members of parliament, have signed a petition calling on Uganda to drop plans for regulations that include vetting songs, videos and film scripts prior to their release. Â Musicians, producers, promoters, filmmakers and all other artists would also have to register with the government and obtain a licence that can be revoked for a range of violations.
Lifting the curtain on censorship: Noel Coward’s banned plays brought to life
Marking the 50th anniversary of the end of UK theatre censorship, Index hosted an educational and interactive workshop with young people at the British Library
Turkey “turned into a place where it became impossible to breathe”
“It turned into a place where it became impossible to breathe,” says feminist visual artist Özgül Arslan about Turkey.
Student reading list: Art and protest
Art has been used as a form of protest during times of crisis throughout history. It is a popular and, at times, effective platform to express opinions about societal problems
Gatekeepers of censorship: Contemporary erotic art in a digital age
Join Julia Farrington, associate arts producer at Index on Censorship, psychoanalyst and professor Adam Phillips, and artist Celia Hempton as they discuss the challenges in creating erotic art in today’s contemporary art world with journalist and broadcaster Kirsty Wark.
Tania Bruguera: Injustice exists because previous injustices were not challenged
Tania Bruguera who was detained last week with fellow artists in Cuba for protesting against Decree 349, an artistic censorship law, has written an open letter
Index joins show of solidarity with Cuba’s jailed artists: “Art should not be criminalised”
Index on Censorship joined others at the Tate Modern today in a show of solidarity with those artists arrested in Cuba for peacefully protesting Decree 349, a law that will severely limit artistic freedom in the country
A global call: No to Cuba’s Decree 349
The decree does not include anything new to the current practice of the Cuban government, but it does offer a legal cover to a reactionary, ancient and regressive practice
