Artist Rights is a resource which serves to answer some of the questions artists, teachers, students, and reporters frequently ask us.

Here you can find easy-to-understand explanations of what art is and is not protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Please help spread the word and share this website with your friends. 

Many thanks to our interns Radhika Kshatriya, Joshua Askildsen, Maren Cardillo, Anna Wagner, and Courtney Noble and also to Peter Brooks, Esq. who assisted with supervision and revision. 

To learn more, visit the websites for the National Coalition Against Censorship and the Center for Democracy and Technology. 

Background image:
Adolphe William Bouguereau, French (1825–1905) 
Orestes Pursued by the Furies, 1862
91 x 109 5/8 in. (231.1 x 278.4 cm) 
Oil on canvas
Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Chrysler Museum of Art  71.623