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Wojnarowicz Censorship Shit Storm Viewed From Britain

“Europeans are not, which is why they have reacted to the Smithsonian flap with the same mildly appalled bafflement that they express toward American opposition to the health care bill. It all seems inexplicable to them. Cultural free expression and the independence of public arts institutions, like the right to medical treatment, are taken for granted across modern Europe. Since at least the war these have been considered basic rights.”

Protesters Stage ‘Funeral Procession of Free Artistic Expression’ in LA Against Smithsonian Censorship

Watch: Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough Defends Censorship of Gay Hide/Seek Exhibit

Liana Aghajanian of Hyperallergic writes: “Los Angeles — With a cardboard cross and draped coffin, a group of activists and artists assembled in front of downtown LA’s Millennium Biltmore Hotel to stage a “Funeral Procession of Free Artistic Expression,” where Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough was speaking as part of the Town Hall Los Angeles public issues series on ‘New Perspectives at the Smithsonian.’”

The Wojnarowicz/Smithsonian Censorship Shit Storm Continues - Smithsonian Chief Defends Withdrawal of Video, digging a deeper hole, Clough pats himself on the back in an e-mail to staff. Meanwhile LA Raw is Staging A Protest Against Smithsonian Secretary Clough when he speaks on Thursday at the Biltmore Hotel.

The Wojnarowicz/Smithsonian Censorship Shit Storm Continues - Smithsonian Chief Defends Withdrawal of Video, digging a deeper hole, Clough pats himself on the back in an e-mail to staff. Meanwhile LA Raw is Staging A Protest Against Smithsonian Secretary Clough when he speaks on Thursday at the Biltmore Hotel.

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Dennis Hopper’s Shot-Up Warhol Sells For $302,500, More Than Ten Times Its High Estimate. - Bidders were blown away.

Wojnarowicz Smithsonian iPad Protestors To Return To NPG with Mobile Museum of Censored Art. - These dudes like to take it on the ‘go’.

Between a Cross and a Hard Place - ARTnews executive editor Robin Cembalest discusses the Wojnarowicz scandal and asks whether the ‘culture wars’ are back, and if so, is there anything we can do to stop them.

Developing Stories About The David Wojnarowicz Smithsonian Censorship Scandal - Was Smithsonian Chief G. Wayne Clough’s hasty decision to remove a video by openly gay artist David Wojnarowicz from the “Hide/Seek” show at the National Portrait Gallery following protests by Republicans and conservative Christian groups influenced by a previous run in with anti-gay religious groups and Republicans at Georgia Tech?There’s a growing consensus that Clough should resign from his position, The Washington Post notes Clough’s lack of leadership and his continued silence on the topic. Tyler Green points to the growing growing second scandal in the Wojnarowicz censorship ordeal.A Canadian artist, AA Bronson is seeking to have one of his works withdrawn in protest from a National Portrait Gallery show. The work in question is Mr. Bronson’s “Felix, June 5, 1994,” showing the corpse of Mr. Bronson’s partner shortly after he passed away of AIDS. The National Portrait Gallery is refusing. Art Fag City explores What AA Bronson Can Gain From A Smithsonian Shit-In.Hyperallergic explores the Wojnarowicz scandal and the idea that a call for censorship breeds demand and dialogue.

Developing Stories About The David Wojnarowicz Smithsonian Censorship Scandal - Was Smithsonian Chief G. Wayne Clough’s hasty decision to remove a video by openly gay artist David Wojnarowicz from the “Hide/Seek” show at the National Portrait Gallery following protests by Republicans and conservative Christian groups influenced by a previous run in with anti-gay religious groups and Republicans at Georgia Tech?

There’s a growing consensus that Clough should resign from his position, The Washington Post notes Clough’s lack of leadership and his continued silence on the topic. Tyler Green points to the growing growing second scandal in the Wojnarowicz censorship ordeal.

A Canadian artist, AA Bronson is seeking to have one of his works withdrawn in protest from a National Portrait Gallery show. The work in question is Mr. Bronson’s “Felix, June 5, 1994,” showing the corpse of Mr. Bronson’s partner shortly after he passed away of AIDS. The National Portrait Gallery is refusing. Art Fag City explores What AA Bronson Can Gain From A Smithsonian Shit-In.

Hyperallergic explores the Wojnarowicz scandal and the idea that a call for censorship breeds demand and dialogue.