Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Andy Warhol Foundation steps into art censorship debate

The Andy Warhol Foundation has threatened to to end Smithsonian funding unless the David Wojnarowicz video A Fire in My Belly is restored to the exhibition Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, but the Smithsonian is refusing to budge.
Image: Protestors hold mask in support of artist David Wojnarowicz on the steps of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery