French museum halts Genghis Khan show after Chinese pressure
Nantes, France — A French museum won backing from scholars on Tuesday for its decision to halt an exhibition about Mongol leader Genghis Khan because of a censorship attempt by
Nantes, France — A French museum won backing from scholars on Tuesday for its decision to halt an exhibition about Mongol leader Genghis Khan because of a censorship attempt by
A few hundred people jointly ate bananas outside Warsaw’s top national gallery to protest censorship of a video of a woman eating a banana.
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An Israeli artist has placed a statue mocking Israel’s controversial culture minister in one of Tel Aviv’s major squares. Itay Zalait set up his depiction
WASHINGTON — A US-based advocacy group is warning Western authors to be vigilant of censorship of their work in China’s fast-growing book publishing industry, which is sometimes done without their
Just a few weeks ago, oil painters in eastern Beijing’s Songzhuang art district had welcomed foreign reporters into their studios and shown off works tackling such touchy subjects as China’s prisons and Communist Party politics. Over lunch, they candidly lamented the state of free speech in China while chewing on chicken and downing glasses of beer.
Chinese authorities blocked an annual independent film festival from opening Saturday, seizing documents and films from organizers and hauling away two event officials in a sign that Beijing is stepping up its already tight ideological controls.
Can creators of art that some find bad or offensive use freedom of expression to justify their work?
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