Art Faculty Condemn UNT’s Unexplained Decision to Remove Exhibit with ICE-Related Work

Art faculty condemn UNT’s unexplained decision to remove exhibit with ICE-related work

On Friday, the faculty of the University of North Texas College of Visual Arts and Design shared an open letter asking leaders to explain the decision to close an art exhibit early and return the work to Boston University.

UNT art show with anti-ICE works abruptly closes, drawing censorship concern

A Dallas-raised artist accused the University of North Texas’ College of Visual Arts and Design of censorship this week, after he said the school abruptly...

University of North Texas Shutters Exhibition of Artworks Critical of ICE

The University of North Texas (UNT) abruptly shuttered an exhibition of works by Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez, whose practice centers the lived experience of immigrants in the United States and their inhumane treatment by federal agencies.Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá — Spanish for “neither from here nor from there” — opened on February 3 and was slated to run through May 1 at the College of Visual Arts and Design (CVAD) Galleries in the UNT Art Building.…

Texas University Cancels Exhibition Critical of ICE

UNT exhibition censorship as College of Visual Arts and Design Galleries canceled Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez's show criticizing ICE.

University of North Texas Cancels Victor Quiñonez Exhibition, Artist Claims Censorship over Anti-ICE Content in His Work

The exhibition was intended to be a homecoming for artist Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez who grew up in the Dallas–Fort Worth metro area. The excitement built when he got the first batch of images showing his traveling solo exhibition being installed at the University of North Texas’s CVAD Gallery. Quiñonez was looking forward to receiving images of the work being fully installed and was working on managing the RSVPs for an opening reception to take …