Irish Museum of Modern Art rejects censorship claims after Derek Jarman film cancellation

A still from Derek Jarman’s film The Angelic Conversation, 1985. Photograph: BFI / Courtesy of the BFI National Archive

The Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) has rejected accusations of censorship after suspending screenings of a Derek Jarman film following a complaint against the showing of a gay kiss.

In a statement, the museum’s director Annie Fletcher said: “We at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) are dismayed at the current supposition that we would actively censor the work of Derek Jarman and /or any artist from the LGBTQ+ community.”