Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Guggenheim Museum Gets Pushback After Withdrawing Three Works Protested By Animal-Rights Activists

Claiming that it had received threats of violence well beyond what it had encountered in the past, the Guggenheim pulled three pieces from its exhibition "Art and China After 1989: Theater of the World" - only to come under a new round of criticism from artists, curators, and PEN America for capitulating to "heightened political sensitivities that have been amplified by social media."



Article source here:Arts Journal

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