The controversy over the removal of a four-minute David Wojnarowicz video from the “Hide/Seek” exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery had observers wondering whether the culture wars were back—and whether anything could be done to stop them.

Why did eight jurors in Cincinnati trial decide that the Mapplethorpe photographs they considered "gross and lewd" are not obscene? "We felt that we had no choice, one juror told Robin. "We learned that art doesn't have to be pretty”

Recapping the U.S. controversies over artistic content, freedom of expression, and government funding for a Spanish art magazine.

In attempting to avoid controversies over content, a Smithsonian panel might be setting the stage for even more.