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During the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler, German modernist art, including many works of internationally renowned artists, was removed from state-owned museums and banned in Nazi Germany on the grounds that such art was an "insult to German feeling", un-German, Freemasonic, Jewish, or Communist in nature. Those identified as degenerate artists ...
All are pieces of contemporary art that have provoked debate and, sometimes, violent reactions. The collection of over 200 works, including ones by well-known creators such as American ...
The Harlem on My Mind protests were a series of protest actions in New York, organized by the Black Emergency Cultural Coalition (BECC) in early 1969 in response to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibition Harlem on My Mind: Cultural Capital of Black America. The exhibition, focused on the Harlem Renaissance and intended as the museum's ...
Banned in five states and five other cities due to "glorification of crime." [3] Ecstasy: 1933 1933–1937 Banned in the US from 1933 to 1937 due to its erotic content. [12] [13] 8 Popeye the Sailor short films 1933-1952 Since the 1990s Banned from television rotation as politically incorrect.
The museum also plans to open a small exhibit in the fall incorporating Native American voices and explaining the history of the closed halls, why changes are being made and what the future holds ...
Tens of thousands of books are being banned or restricted by U.S. prisons, according to a new report from PEN America. The list includes everything from self-help books to an Elmore Leonard novel.
The Degenerate Art exhibition (German: Die Ausstellung "Entartete Kunst") was an art exhibition organized by Adolf Ziegler and the Nazi Party in Munich from 19 July to 30 November 1937. The exhibition presented 650 works of art, confiscated from German museums, and was staged in counterpoint to the concurrent Great German Art Exhibition . [ 1 ]
The exhibit generated intense controversy: several major politicians, including George H. W. Bush, condemned the exhibit. As a result of Scott's exhibit and the unrelated decision in Texas v. Johnson , the United States Congress decided to make flag desecration illegal in 1989 with the Flag Protection Act . [ 5 ]