Censorship Archives

Damien Hirst’s A Hundred Years (1990) pulled down by Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg in response to PETA complaint.

9 July 2022 • Mark Westall

The Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg has dismantled Damien Hirst’s installation A Hundred Years (1990) in response to complaints from the animal rights group PETA…. Read More

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Sorry, Facebook, but the finest art is always about sex and death

22 May 2015 • Mark Westall

The social media site’s ludicrous attempt to ban Gustave Courbet’s masterpiece reveals its ignorance about life itself

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Why the art world needs to ditch the rich Russians

12 January 2015 • Mark Westall

As Russian investors snap up an even greater stake in the contemporary art world, Jonathan Jones asks if there can ever be a truly independent art press

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