NCAC Alarmed by Mayoral Order to Censor an Art Billboard Associated With Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
The National Coalition Against Censorship is dismayed by the news of the premature removal of an art billboard that is part of a temporary project with the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, shortly after Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed called for its deinstallation. The billboard shows a 1965 Spider Martin [...]
NCAC Condemns Chicago City Council’s Efforts to Censor Art Exhibition Criticizing Government Actions
January 23, 2025 — Today, the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) expressed alarm at Chicago city councilmembers’ attempts to censor political artwork on view in an exhibition at the Chicago Cultural Center. Government officials’ efforts to silence speech because of distaste for its political position raise acute First Amendment concerns. [...]
As Concerns of Art Censorship Rise in Nation’s Museums, NCAC Encourages Museum Directors, Curators, and other Cultural Leaders to Employ its Best Practices
New York, January 16, 2025 – In the wake of a newly-released report warning of censorship pressures faced by museum directors across the US conducted by the Association for Art Museum Directors, PEN America, and Artists at Risk Connection, the National Coalition Against Censorship encourages cultural leaders to incorporate [...]
NCAC Decries Art Censorship at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Photo Credit: Composite image of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and Sally Mann’s A Perfect Tomato(1990), edited by NCAC staff UPDATE 4/24/2025: VICTORY! The Fort Worth Police Department has safely returned the artworks belonging to Sally Mann that were seized from the Modern Art Museum [...]
NCAC and FIRE Express Alarm Over East Tennessee State University’s Treatment of the FL3TCH3R Exhibit
2024 FL3TCH3R Exhibit Catalog cover design UPDATE 4/10/2025: After eleven years of hosting the annual FL3TCH3R Exhibit, East Tennessee State University and the Reece Museum, which is part of the university’s Center for Appalachian Studies & Services, terminate their relationship with the project’s organizers.Today, the National Coalition Against [...]
A Call to MSU: End Censorship, Protect Artistic Expression
(Left) Samia Halaby, Six Golden Heroes, 2021 & (Right) Alia Farid, Piquete en el Capitolo, 2023 UPDATE 2/02/2024: Success! NCAC has received reports that the artwork by Alia Farid, Piquete en el capitolio, has been returned to the original location selected by the exhibition’s curators–an implicit admission [...]