The New York Times reports that the radical art collective Voina has won a contemporary art award sponsored by Russia's Ministry of Culture and the National Centre for Contemporary Art for a project that consisted of a 210-foot penis painted on a drawbridge in St Petersburg. Pointed at the the headquarters of the state security service, the FSB, the penis stood for several hours before authorities scrubbed it off. Yana Sarna, who acts as a spokesperson for the group, said in a statement that the group would not keep the prize money, but would forward it to political prisoners in Russia. Read more...
Image: Voina Collective's graffiti penis on a drawbridge in Moscow.
