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Scandals in art occur when members of the public are shocked or offended by a work of art at the time of its first exhibition or publication, (e.g. visual art, literature, scenic design or music). The provocativeness of the scandal may relate to a controversial subject or style, being context-sensitive, according to the personality of the ...
Throughout the world, there are many works of art that have a contested provenance. This may be due to theft, lost documentation, looting , or just information lost to antiquity. In some cases, just the previous or current ownership of the work is disputed, but in other cases the authenticity of the work itself may be thought to be a forgery .
Pages in category "Art controversies" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Among the most notorious works of transgressive art among the general public have been sculpture, collages, and installation art which offended Christian religious sensibilities. These include Andres Serrano 's Piss Christ , [ 6 ] featuring a crucifix in a beaker of urine, and Chris Ofili 's The Holy Virgin Mary , a multi-media painting which ...
In 1940, the Nazis seized a Claude Monet pastel and seven other works of art from Adalbert "Bela" and Hilda Parlagi, a Jewish couple forced to flee their Vienna home after Austria was annexed into ...
One month later, an equestrian statue of King George III was erected. It was executed by the British sculptor Joseph Wilton. [3] Commissioned in 1764 and cast in lead covered with gold leaf, the Neoclassical statue showed King George dressed in Roman garb astride a horse, the whole effect being reminiscent of the Marcus Aurelius statue in Rome.
Some album covers prove controversial due to their titles alone. When the Sex Pistols released Never Mind The Bollocks…in 1977, a record shop owner in Nottingham named Chris Searle was arrested ...
Image credits: Roberto Serra - Iguana Press / Getty Images #3 Rembrandt (July 15, 1606 — October 4, 1669) Rembrandt is regarded among the greatest portrait painters and printmakers of all time.