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Some Recent Examples of Organizations and Artists Fighting for Freedom of Expression Worldwide

Egyptian Cartoonist Doaa El Adl: On Criticizing Genital Mutilation and Politicians

Doaa Eladl (Cartoon Movement profile

The Question of Artistic Freedom (oppiozero Interview with Heba Y. Amin regarding artists' freedom in contempoary Egypt)
Antonio Moreira Antunes (Lambiek, Comiclopedia
"In the Face of criticism, the 'New York Times' renounces political cartoons," Le Point, June 11, 2019
Amy Spiro, "Cartoonist Behind 'NYT' Caricature Has History of Controversy," The Jerusalem, Arpil 29, 2019
#Withoutwords Provides Safe Sapce for Syrian Artists
Creative Dissent in Syria (cartoonist Ali Ferzat)
Censorship of Ai Weiwei in China (Huffington Post)
Ai Weiwei: An Artist Depicts His Demons (New York Times)
Ai Weiwei (Artist's Website)
Ai Weiwei on Facebook
Masked Faces, Censored Hopes: An Interview with Artist Shurooq Amin
Shurooq Amin (artist's website)
Art in the Middle East: An Avenue of Free Expression (The Economist)
Authorities Censor Art Dubai
Art Censorship Gets Challenged in Court (South Africa)
Censorship of the Arts Continues (Zimbabwe)
Art, Censorship and the Gukurahundi (Zimbabwe and Owen Maseko)
Censorship and the Arts in Uganda (START)
Thabo Mbeki's "I am an African" speech (1996)
Thabo Mbeki's "I am an African" speech (Youtube)

The "Culture Wars in the U.S."

Freedom of Expression at NEA
National Endowment for the Arts homepage
Art on Trial:  The Arts, the First Amendment, and the Courts
Carol Becker, "Private Fantasies Shape Public Events" (the David Nelson case)
Dread Scott (artist's website)
TED Talk on What is the Proper Way to Display a US Flag?
What is the Proper Way to Display a US Flag? 

Andres Serrano (artist's website)
Andres Serrano interview on his Klansman (Great Titan of the Invisible Empire): ARKEN Museum on YouTube
Andres Serrano: Pushing Buttons (Interview in Dirty Mag)
Attack on 'blasphemous' art work fires debate on role of religion in France (Serrano work vandalized in 2011)
Robert Mapplethorpe Images on the Web
Robert Mapplethorpe's The Perfect Moment
The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation
David Wojnarowicz
Maya Lin's Civil Rights Memorial
Maya Lin's Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Art 21)
Maya Lin's Vietnam Veterans Memoria (Great Buildings on Line)
Maya Lin on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (YouTube)
Richard Serra's The Tilted Arc
Gran Fury Interview (Bomb)
Good Luck, Miss You (Gran Fury Statement)
Gran Fury Posters
The end of a dream: Dreamspace turns into a nightmare

The Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC)
Recent Articles on Public Mural Projects (The National Arts Policy Database: enter "murals")
Community Arts Network
Public Art Network
The National Arts Policy Database
Judy Baca (artist's website)
Joel Bergner (muralist)
Beehive Collective
Mural Arts Program
Peggy Diggs

CaFE (On Line Calls for Entry)