Japan's
Anime Industry Being Killed By Outsourcing
Japanese artists are seeing their Anime jobs leave the country as companies
send Anime work to South Korea and China, where labor costs are much lower.
Gallery
Owner Assaulted Over Controversial Painting
A female gallery owner was punched in the face by an anonymous attacker for
showing a political painting by artist Guy Colwell in San Francisco.
Artwork
Censored in Northern Ireland
Six eight foot charcoal drawings were removed from the show - the artist said
it was because, "I was told there was a...group of politicians, or religious
figures..."
Was
Masterpiece Destroyed When Owner Died?
Van Gogh’s Portrait de Dr Gachet sold for $80 million in 1990 - was it
destroyed when the owner died six years later?
Artist
Turns Eye From Whimsy to War
Celebrated Latin American artist Fernando Botero has turned his attention to
the brutal 40 year long drug wars in Columbia.
Secret
Service Investigates Teen's Art Project Depicting Bush As Devil
A 15 year old has been questioned by the secret service and disciplined by his
school after his art teacher turned him in to police for drawing George W. Bush
as a devil.
Zero
Tolerance For Painters
Does a ubiquitous New York street artist deserve a year in prison because of
a fish mural?
Where
Are the Outsized Art Personalities of Yesteryear?
When the myth goes, so does the raison d'etre, and ultimately creativity itself
dies in a thousand pretty patterns.
Christian
"Crusaders" Try To Censor Georgia School's Reading List
Among the books the Crusaders for Christ want banned are "Of Mice and Men"
by John Steinbeck, "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury and "To
Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee.
Controversial
Filmmaker John Waters Adds Photography to Repertoire
Always eager to raise the issues that polite society works so hard to suppress-such
as race, religion, sex, and class-Waters aims to liberate us from the binds
of social norms and restrictions.
Artwork
Celebrating Women's Bodies Censored at Minnesota College
A young woman only wearing underwear, tape over her breasts and a veil hiding
her face, protested in front of the recently censored artwork in an act of civil
disobedience...
Iraqi
Artists To Show Off Skills In Upcoming Show
The event is the first ever exhibition of Iraqi contemporary artists being presented
by Shabeb Gallery in association with the Iraqi Embassy.
State
Government Denies Permits For Play Targetting “Cultural Fascism"
In India
The state government had denied it the necessary clearances, including the censor
certificate...
American
Politicians Go On An Election Year Pro-Censorship Rampage
The only consistent thread running through the current crackdown is how wildly
inconsistent it all seems.
Los Angeles
Activists Try To Use Superbowl Boob To Censor Airport Artwork
"This is worse than the Janet Jackson incident," referring to the
Super Bowl halftime show in which Justin Timberlake ripped off part of Jackson's
costume, revealing a breast. "It's sick."