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Smithsonian board seeks changes after video flap

logointern3 — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:00:08 +0000

(Washingtong) Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough came under fire after deciding a couple months ago to remove a gay artist’s video that depicted ants crawling on a crucifix in an exhibit at the(...)

Smithsonian chief says banned gay video is art

logointern3 — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:00:34 +0000

(Los Angeles) After complaints prompted him to cut a 4-minute video from an exhibition about gay contributions to art, the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution became the target in a(...)

Gay art exhibit censored after protests

logointern2 — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 13:00:15 +0000

A gay exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Portraiture Gallery in Washington has raised ire amongst conservative circles, as a video in the exhibit features a shot of a crucifix crawling with(...)

Smithsonian explores impact of gays on art history

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 20:30:19 +0000

(Washington) When artist Jasper Johns was mourning the end of his relationship with Robert Rauschenberg, he took one of his famous flag paintings, made it black, and dangled a fork and spoon(...)

Gay History Month: Jasper Johns

logointern2 — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:00:51 +0000

Jasper Johns emerged as a major force in American contemporary art in the 1950s. He was a key figure in the transition from Modernism to Post-Modernism.

Johns’ style strayed away from abstract(...)

Sculpture shows priests raising rainbow flag

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:12:19 +0000

(Brussels) Is it a joke? A very expensive hoax? A sly, shockingly satirical look at the 27 nations that make up the European Union?

Whatever one’s reaction, the new installation celebrating the(...)

Ruby-Sachs: Arts and the Bush administration

ERubySachs — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:04:12 +0000

This story in the Guardian compiles comments from various well known artists about how the last eight years of George Bush have affected the development of art in the United States. It’s an(...)

Catholic Group Denounces Homoerotic Religious Art

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:00:53 +0000

(New York City) A Roman Catholic watchdog group is protesting a student art exhibition in which religious symbols including a crucifix and rosary are depicted in sexually explicit paintings. “I have the sneaking suspicion that these paintings made the cut precisely because they were an assault on Catholic sensibilities,” Bill Donahue, president of the Catholic [...]