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The painting removed by Representative Duncan Hunter.

Get The Pork Out of Government! Police Brutality Painting Re-hung in Capitol

A controversial painting, once ripped from the walls by an angry Congressman, has been restored by another one.
By Guelda Voien
Riverside Park.

Public Art With Slave Imagery Rejected by City Because People Do Pilates in the Park

A sculpture had to be altered to be displayed--because the Parks Department thought the noose imagery would offend people doing yoga.
By Guelda Voien
Countdown Machine.

Piece Criticizing Mainland China Removed From Public View in Hong Kong

An art exhibit that counted down the time till a very important agreement expires was seemingly censored in Hong Kong.
By Guelda Voien
Members of the French Jewish community hold signs reading in French "I am Charlie" during rally in Jerusalem on January 11, 2015, to demonstrate Jerusalem's support for France and the Jewish community and to protest against the attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo's office in Paris which killed 12 people and the attack on a kosher supermarket. Four of the fatalities in France's three-day wave of violence were Jews killed in an attack on a kosher supermarket hours before the start of the Jewish Sabbath on Friday. AFP PHOTO/ GALI TIBBON (Photo credit should read GALI TIBBON/AFP/Getty Images)

Charlie Hebdo Memorial Exhibit in Tel Aviv Allegedly Censored

By Alanna Martinez
Collages from We Live for Tomorrow by Omer and Tal Golan. (Photo: Courtesy of the artists)

Nothing to See Here: Controversial Art/Talk Nixed at NY’s Jewish Heritage Museum

By Guelda Voien
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