The National Portrait Gallery's Hide/Seek exhibit exploring gay and lesbian themes in American portraiture, is set to hit the road later this … [Read more...] about Hide/Seek Art Exhibit, Including Censored Wojnarowicz Video, Heading to Brooklyn and Tacoma
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Watch: Smithsonian Sec’y Wayne Clough Defends Censorship of Gay Hide/Seek Exhibit
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Wayne Clough defends the removal of David Wojnarowicz video piece 'A Fire in My Belly' from the … [Read more...] about Watch: Smithsonian Sec’y Wayne Clough Defends Censorship of Gay Hide/Seek Exhibit
Wojnarowicz Protestors to Set Up ‘Museum of Censored Art’ in Trailer, Directly Outside Smithsonian Exhibit
Michael Blasenstein and Michael Iacovone who were ejected and 'banned for life' from the Smithsonian for protesting the censorship of a David … [Read more...] about Wojnarowicz Protestors to Set Up ‘Museum of Censored Art’ in Trailer, Directly Outside Smithsonian Exhibit
Hundreds March in NYC Against National Portrait Gallery Censorship of Gay-Themed Art Show
Several hundred people marched in protest of the National Portrait Gallery in D.C.'s decision to censor a video work by the late artist David … [Read more...] about Hundreds March in NYC Against National Portrait Gallery Censorship of Gay-Themed Art Show
National Portrait Gallery Denies Artist’s Request to Remove His Artwork from Hide/Seek Show in Censorship Protest
AA Bronson, an artist whose work appears in the National Portrait Gallery's Hide/Seek exhibit (which recently censored a David Wojnarowicz video … [Read more...] about National Portrait Gallery Denies Artist’s Request to Remove His Artwork from Hide/Seek Show in Censorship Protest
Warhol Foundation Threatens to Pull Funding from Smithsonian Unless it Restores Censored Wojnarowicz Video
The Warhol Foundation today threatened to stop funding exhibits at the Smithsonian unless it restores the David Wojnarowicz video piece "A Fire … [Read more...] about Warhol Foundation Threatens to Pull Funding from Smithsonian Unless it Restores Censored Wojnarowicz Video
Frank Rich Bashes The Smithsonian Over Censorship
In a piece titled "Gay Bashing at the Smithsonian," Frank Rich writes about the institution's censorship of David Wojnarowicz' piece … [Read more...] about Frank Rich Bashes The Smithsonian Over Censorship
Watch: Activist Banned for Life from Smithsonian for iPad Protest of Censored Gay David Wojnarowicz Art Piece
A clever, if short-lived, form of protest against censorship.A demonstrator against the Smithsonian's shameful censorship of the David … [Read more...] about Watch: Activist Banned for Life from Smithsonian for iPad Protest of Censored Gay David Wojnarowicz Art Piece
National Portrait Gallery Censors AIDS Artwork After Complaints from Catholic League That it is ‘Hate Speech’
The Washington Post reports on some shameful censorship going on at the National Portrait Gallery with regard to their new exhibit Hide/Seek: Today, … [Read more...] about National Portrait Gallery Censors AIDS Artwork After Complaints from Catholic League That it is ‘Hate Speech’
One Day This Kid Will…
Tyler Green at Modern Art Notes posts this David Wojnarowicz piece and notes that it seems especially relevant at the moment. He writes: Twenty years … [Read more...] about One Day This Kid Will…