Updates on Art, Free Speech, and Government Censorship

Steve and Katie welcome back Professor Amy Adler to discuss the First Amendment's free speech protections as they apply to artistic expression in the context of several recent incidents. Specifically, they discuss the police seizure of certain Sally Mann photographs from the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in the context of obscenity and child pornography laws, the removal of the For Freedoms billboard depicting the march on Selma in Montgomery, Alabama, and the lawsuit about the Nirvana "Nevermind" album cover depicting a naked baby. Notes for this episode: Follow the Art Law Podcast Instagram: TikTok: Katie and Steve discuss topics based on news and magazine articles and court filings and not based on original research unless specifically noted.

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Updates on Art, Free Speech, and Government Censorship is an episode from The Art Law Podcast by Steven Schindler.

This episode is 01:02:37 long.

This episode was published on Mar 25, 2025.

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