At Art Basel Miami Beach 2025, Los Angeles–based gallery Commonwealth and Council is distributing a stack of posters featuring Andrea Fraser's latest project, *Lexicon* (2025). The work reproduces a list of approximately 200 words that have been banned or censored under the Trump administration, originally published in the *New York Times* in March 2025. The list includes terms related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), such as “racial diversity,” “activism,” “women,” and “they/them.” Fraser, known for her institutional critique works like *Museum Highlights: A Gallery Talk* (1989), created *Lexicon* as a direct response to executive orders terminating DEI programs and the subsequent preemptive censorship by federal agencies. She describes the project as an affirmation of art's role in fighting censorship, and it is linked to her ongoing research on museum boards and political donations.
This project matters because it directly confronts a contemporary political effort to suppress language and ideas related to social justice, using the art world as a platform for resistance. By making the work freely available as a takeaway poster, Fraser counters the administration's attempt to make these words disappear, turning a bureaucratic list into a tool for awareness and advocacy. The piece also continues Fraser's long-standing practice of interrogating institutional power, now applied to the intersection of government policy, censorship, and the arts. It highlights how artists can respond to political censorship in real time, using art fairs like Art Basel to reach a broad audience.