NEW YORK, NY.- David Wojnarowicz’s A Fire in My Belly is now on view at the New Museum through January 23, 2011. David Wojnarowicz is a widely respected artist whose first U.S. retrospective was held at the New Museum in 1999. The film, A Fire in …
Association of Art Museum Directors Issues Statement on David Wojnarowicz’s Film
NEW YORK, NY.- In response to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery’s removal of artist David Wojnarowicz’s film from the exhibition “Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture,” the Association …
Washington’s Transformer Gallery Vows Ongoing Protest Against Smithsonian
WASHINGTON (AP).- A Washington art gallery pledged a round-the-clock protest Thursday against what it calls censorship by the Smithsonian Institution for removing a video that shows ants crawling on crucifix after the Catholic League and members of Co…
Gallery Protests Smithsonian’s Removal of Video
By: Brett Zongker, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP).- A Washington art gallery is showing a video that was removed from the National Portrait Gallery to protest what it calls censorship by the Smithsonian Institution. The Transformer Gallery began sh…
Smithonian’s National Portrait Gallery Removes Video After Group Complains
WASHINGTON (AP).- The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery is removing a video that was part of an exhibit after complaints from a Catholic group that the images were sacrilegious. Catholic League President Bill Donohue told the New York Post on Tue…