A look at the most representative issues affecting artistic freedom in the first year of the Trump administration.

Metropolitan Museum of Art will not remove Balthus’ controversial 1938 painting “Thérèse Dreaming” despite an online petition calling for its removal.

A swift US government policy change states that it now owns the art created by Guantánamo detainees and has the legal right to do with it what they wish.

Little Rock city officials attempted to cancel a hip hop concert after police alerted them of gun violence following two of the rapper’s previous concerts.

The Guggenheim Museum decided to pull three major works from an exhibition after animal-rights activists pressured the venue.

At least 50 people have been killed and more than 200 people have been injured after a gunman opened fire into the crowd of a music festival in Las Vegas.

Steven Leyba's works were removed from an exhibition in an artspace where he resides & works due to their use of the Native American symbol of the swastika.

Sam Durant’s ‘Scaffold’ was removed from the Walker Art Centre after Native American community members protested the artwork for featuring a mass execution.

Christian retailer LifeWay dropped rapper Sho Baraka’s latest album ‘The Narrative’ from its stores after customers complained about offensive language.

Burgess Clark, artistic director of Boston Children’s Theatre, returned to his position after having been suspended due to controversy over a nude scene.