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UPDATE: VICTORY! | NCAC Condemns Takedown of Trump Cartoon

By |May 21st, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , |

Update 5/27/2020 – The online marketplace Redbubble has reinstated the sale of the editorial cartoon that criticizes President Trump. Original Post 5/27/2020 – The National Coalition Against Censorship has joined the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) and other free speech organizations in calling for the online marketplace Redbubble to [...]

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Don’t Delete Art: A Virtual Gallery of Art Censored by Social Media

By |May 19th, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , |

On May 19, 2020, an international coalition of arts and free expression organizations, including the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC), IBEX Collection, Article19, PEN America’s Artists at Risk Connection (ARC), International Arts Rights Advisors, and Freemuse, launched Don’t Delete Art, a virtual gallery showcasing work which is banned or restricted [...]

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New Mexico Museum of Art Urged to Reaffirm Artistic Freedom After Removing Project on Fracking

By |March 17th, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , |

New Mexico Museum of Art chilled artistic expression by removing a project focused on the impact of fracking on the local community from an environmentally-focused exhibition over political concerns.

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San Antonio Censors Queer Latina Performance Artist Xandra Ibarra | UPDATED

By |March 11th, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , |

The City of San Antonio censored queer Latina performance artist Xandra Ibarra's work addressing race and gender stereotypes, likely infringing on the First Amendment.

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NCAC’s Arts Advocacy Program Shines at the Creative Time Summit

By |December 19th, 2019|Categories: Blog|Tags: |

  In November 2019, for Creative Time Summit X: Speaking Truth, our Arts Advocacy Program (AAP) organized the roundtable session Fear and Controversy: Censorship in the Arts at the Cooper Union with artists Christina Freeman (UltraViolet Archive), Roopa Vasudevan (Center for Media at Risk, University of Pennsylvania) and Joy Garnett [...]

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