News Coverage
After Terror Charges, Artist Exhibits Academic Freedom
The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 18, 2008
By Robin Wilson
Exhibit showcases Buffalo artist's legal battle
AP News, July 11, 2008
By Carolyn Thompson
Art preview: Kurtz makes use of what agents left behind [PDF]
The Buffalo News, June 6, 2008
By Colin Dabkowski
Kurtz exhibit inspired by FBI probe
Buffalo Business First, June 2, 2008
By Jodi Sokolowski
A Life Turned Upside Down: Steve Kurtz's art gained wide audience as FBI came knocking [PDF]
The Buffalo News, April 26, 2008
By Andrew Galarneau
Esmonde: Kurtz's Case Provides View of Big Brother [PDF]
The Buffalo News, February 27, 2008
By Donn Esmonde
ILLNESS, 'ABSURD' PROSECUTION FORCE SCIENTIST TO PLEAD IN PRECEDENT-SETTING CASE
Gentry Chandler Ferrell’s Statement Concerning Her Father Dr. Robert Ferrell’s Plea Bargain
October 11, 2007
The artist on trial for owning a Petri dish [PDF]
The London Daily Telegraph
By Lynn Hershman Leeson
Strange Culture
The Nation
By Patricia J. Williams
Scientist tied to Kurtz case pleads guilty
Buffalo News
By Dan Herbeck
Artist says his prosecution is persecution
The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon
By Bob Keefer
Berlinale Dispatch. Strange Culture
GreenCine Daily
By David D'Arcy
Filmmaker documents case against professor
By Dan Herbeck
The Buffalo News, December 29, 2006
Review of Lynn Hershman's film "Strange Culture"
By Gabriella Giannachi
The film tells the story of the case and features Greg Bordowitz, Steve Dietz, Robin Held, Claire Pentecost, and Nato Thomson. It will be screened at Sundance.
Saying No to the Prosecutor: Why Did Steve Kurtz's Colleagues Refuse to Testify to the Grand Jury?
The Buffalo Report, June 20, 2004
By Bruce Jackson
Review of CAE's Marching Plague
Rhizome.org, July 7, 2006
By Randall Packer
The Critical Art Ensemble's Biological Defense Program: Marching Plague
CounterPunch, July 13, 2006
By Stan Cox
Trial, and book launch, of indicted artist move forward
The Associated Press, May 18, 2006
By Carolyn Thompson
The Collective Conscious
The New York Times, March 5, 2006
By Holland Cotter
Making art brings criminal charges
San Francisco Chronicle
By Kenneth Baker
Steve Kurtz Speaks
CIRCA Art Magazine
compiled by Mary Garboden
Terror Hysteria Gone Absurdist
The Nation. Aug. 1st, 2005
By Alisa Solomon
The $256 Question
Alternet.org. July 25th, 2005
By Stan Cox
Amateur Science, A Threat After All?
Beatriz da Costa
Bioterror pursuit ensnares scientists
Monsters and Critics. Jun 16, 2005
By Steve Mitchell
Kurtz view his prosecution as 'fanaticism'
The Buffalo News: May 18th, 2005
By Dan Herbeck
Artist says charges against him are political
Associated Press: May 17th, 2005
By Carolyn Thompson
Bioarts, Bioterror and the CAE: Resurgences in Authoritarianism and Molecular Creativity
College Quarterly - Vol 8 No 2
By Chris Babin
Art or Bioterrorism?
International Network of Engineers and Scientists Against Proliferation
By Margaret E. Kosal
Colleague Testifies in Case of Artist's Germ Use
The New York Times: April 20, 2005
By DAVID STABA
Professor faces jail in bio-terror scare
The Observer February 27, 2005
By Robin McKie
Judge Asked to Dismiss Fraud Charges Against Case
The Buffalo News January 30, 2005
By Dan Herbeck
Artist's attorney seeks dismissal of case
Associate Press February 2, 2005
By Carolyn Thompson
The FBI, the Arts, and a UB Professor:
A Post-9/11 Scandal Over Artistic Freedoms
By Julie Perini
The United States of America vs. Steven Kurtz
Artforum September 2004
When Art is a Crime: Meeting Kurtz
Counterpunch November 30, 2004
Artist Resuming Work After Terrorism Probe
AP September 24, 2004
Artist Ensnared by Patriot Act
Art in America September 2004
By Stephanie Cash
University Explores Art and Government
Newsday September 14, 2004
By Carolyn Thompson
BioCrimes and Misdemeanors
Washington Dispatch August 17, 2004
By Edward McSweegan
Buffalo case highlights MTAs
The Scientist August 09, 2004
By Paula Park
Patriot Act Bullying Stirs Stronger Opposition
Freedom Socialist August 2004
By Allen Thompson
Bad Art
AlterNet July 28th, 2004
By Annalee Newitz
UB Art Professor Appears in Federal Court
WIVB-TV4 July 28th, 2004
Artist not interested in plea over bio-materials
Newsday July 28th, 2004
By Carolyn Thompson
The Patriot Act -- Who's being targeted?
Baltimore Sun July 23rd, 2004
By Jonathan Turley
Hometown of Utopia and Dissent
The New York Times July 23rd, 2004
By Holland Cotter
ANNALS OF OVERREACH
The Providence Phoenix July 19th, 2004
By Alexander Provan
Art Investigation Case Grinds On, Kurtz Experiments Curtailed
The New Standard July 15th, 2004
By Brendan Coyne
SUNY Buffalo art: It's not bio-terror, but is it illegalanyway?
CNN Headline News July 13th, 2004
By Al Matthews
Judge rejects government request to monitor purchases made by Kurtz
The Buffalo News July 9, 2004
By Matt Gryta
What if next-door neighbor is a biological 'artist'?
The Buffalo News July 9, 2004
By Daniel Walker
Artist likely to plead not guilty over bacteria
The Globe and Mail July 8, 2004
By James Adams
Artist likely to plead not guilty over bacteria
The Globe and Mail July 8, 2004
By James Adams
McCarthyism Watch - Artists Protest Investigation of Steve Kurtz
The Progressive June 26, 2004
By Matthew Rothschild
Anti-biotech Artist Indicted for Possessing 'Harmless' Bacteria
PDF of article
The New Standard July 6, 2004
By Brendan Coyne
Professor Is Indicted Over Procuring Biological Materials for Art
PDF of article
New York Times July 1, 2004
By Mel Gussow
Ashcroft's War on Art, Sanitized for Your Protection
Counterpunch June 29, 2004
By Stan Cox
The Arts: Friends, peers support artist investigated for bioterror
The News Tribune June 30, 2004
By Jen Graves
Art professor indicted over biological materials
USA Today June 30, 2004
By Carolyn Thompson
Pitt Professor Indicted over Biological Materials
KDKA June 30, 2004
Bacteria in home of art professor spurs indictment on fraud charges
The Buffalo News June 30, 2004
By Dan Herbeck
Pitt professor indicted on fraud charge
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette June 30, 2004
By Joe Fahy
Two Indicted in Bio-Art Case
Wired June 29, 2004
In N.Y., Case Of Germs Shifts From Bioterror To Moral Error
Washington Post June 30, 2004
By Rebecca Dana
Federal probe of Kurtz drawing to a close
Buffalo News June 29, 2004
By Dan Herbeck
The paranoid persecution of Steve Kurtz
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette June 27, 2004
By Martin E. Rosenberg Ph.D.
Art in the Age of Terror The perils of practicing subversive art in Buffalo.
Valley Advocate June 24, 2004
By Dan Oppenheimer
Letter to Mary Kunz and the Buffalo News: "...you never did get it..."
Buffalo Report June 22, 2004
By Ed Cardoni
Jury Still Out on Kurtz
North Adams Transcript June 22, 2004
By Carrie Saldo
A Dangerous Mind?
Hartford Advocate June 24, 2004
By Dan Oppenheimer
Making Art a Crime (PDF)
Los Angeles Times June 15, 2004
Noonday in the Shade (PDF)
link to original NY Times article
New York Times June 22, 2004
By Paul Krugman
Travesty of Justice (PDF)
New York Times June 15, 2004
By Paul Krugman
Patriot Act used against artist
Adbusters June 23, 2004
By Paul Schmelzer
It May Be Even More Sinister Than It Appears: The Persecution of Steve Kurtz
Counterpunch June 17, 2004
By Ed Cardoni
Big Brother is watching
Berkshire Eagle June 20, 2004
Ex-CMU art prof entangled with Feds
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette June 20, 2004
By Jonathan D. Silver
Saying No to the prosecutor: Why Steve Kurtz's colleagues refused to testify to the grand jury
Buffalo Report June 20, 2004
By Bruce Jackson
MoCA and the FBI Where art, science and politics meet, the heat is on
The Berkshire Eagle
By Christopher Marcisz
FBI inquiry left Henry Art Gallery curator uneasy
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
By Regina Hackett
Freedom, Terror and Semiotic Democracy
World-Information.org
Critical Art Ensemble: FBI ABDUCTS ARTIST, SEIZES ART
Refuse and Resist May 25, 2004
FBI Targets The Critical Art Ensemble
Alt7 June 9, 2004
Critical Art Ensemble subpoenaed by the FBI
Constant's News May 31, 2004
Bacteria raid may lead to trial for artist tackling biodefence
Why Scientists should support an artist in trouble
Nature Magazine
By Geoff Brumfiel
NY bioterror case grinds on
The Scientist - June 17th, 2004
By John Dudley Miller
FBI's war against bio-art
The Berkshire Eagle June 10, 2004
Grand jury investigation would be MoCA artist
The North Adams Transcript - June 17th, 2004
By Carrie Saldo
The Persecution of Steve Kurtz
Counter Punch- June 17th, 2004
By Ed Cardoni
Six are said to resist grand jury
The Buffalo News - June 17th, 2004
By Dan Herbeck
Artist faces bioterror charges
The Scientist - June 15th, 2004
By John Dudley Miller
Bioterror grand jury trial begins for professor
New Scientist - June 15th, 2004
Art form draws terror scrutiny
The Buffalo News - June 15th, 2004
Grand jury investigates former CMU art professor
Pittsburgh Post-Gazzette
By Jonathan D. Silver
Art becomes the next suspect in America's 9/11 paranoia
The Guardian UK
By Gary Younge
SUNY Art Professor's Use of Bacteria Prompts a Federal Investigation and an Academic Chill
Chronicle of Higher Education
By Robin Wilson
Display Put On Hold
Capital New 9
Patriot Act hits home
North Adams Transcript
By Karen Gardner
Artist falls afoul of Patriot Act
Artist's use of 'harmless' bacteria spurs investigation
Christian Science Monitor- June 7th, 2004
By Tom Regan
Use of Bacteria in Art Leads to Federal Inquiry
NY Times - June 7th, 2004
By David Staba
