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House Condemns Brooklyn Art Exhibit

Source: AP By: SHANNON McCAFFREY WASHINGTON (AP) - The feud over the Brooklyn Museum of Art's provocative ``Sensation'' exhibit continued to attract Congress' attention Monday as the House approved a nonbinding resolution calling for federal funds to stop flowing to the...

Landmark Term Ahead for Supreme Court; Crucial Issues Of Parental Rights, Pornography, and Religion

Source: PRNewswire By: Family Research Council (WASHINGTON) -- "The Supreme Court is beginning one of the most important terms to affect the family this decade," said FRC Chief Spokesperson Janet Parshall on Monday, as the court opened its 1999-2000 term. "From...

Demonstrators Denounce NYC Mayor

Source: AP By: LUKAS I. ALPER NEW YORK (AP) - On the eve of the opening of a controversial exhibit, demonstrators gathered outside the Brooklyn Museum of Art on Friday to denounce the mayor, who has called the show ``sick'' and...

City Withholds Funds Ahead Of New York Art Show

Source: Reuters By: Christopher Michaud (NEW YORK, NY) -- New York City Friday withheld a funding payment to the Brooklyn Museum of Art, site of a controversial art exhibit featuring an elephant dung-marked portrait of the Virgin Mary, as free speech...

Clash Between Art and Politics? Been There, Dung That

Source: ABCNEWS.com By: Geraldine Sealey NEW YORK - A powerful politician opposes an avant-garde New York art exhibit featuring shocking pieces by European artists. The politician blasts the exhibit, calling it “anarchism in art.” Sound familiar? Actually, this scenario does not describe the...

Majority Support Museum’s Right to Display Controversial Art

Source: First Amendment Center NEW YORK, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- A majority of Americans say the Brooklyn Museum of Art should be allowed to display the controversial ``Sensation'' exhibit, according to a new poll conducted Wednesday and Thursday by the...

This Must Be High-Caliber Art

Source: Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - The debate on what is art in New York City gained momentum Thursday with the arraignment of a prominent Fifth Avenue art dealer who put on display arms and ammunition saying it was ``a...

Tough Week To Be an Artist in NYC

Source: AP By: Larry McShane NEW YORK (AP) - If it looks like horse manure and smells like horse manure - it just may be art. Self-described artist Scott LoBaido was grabbed by police outside the Brooklyn Museum of Art on Thursday...

NY Art Dealer Arraigned Over Arms Exhibit

Source: Reuters By: Jeanne King NEW YORK (Reuters) - The debate on what is art in New York City gained momentum Thursday when police arraigned a prominent Fifth Avenue art dealer who put on display arms and ammunition saying it was...

New Security For Portrait In New York Art Flap

Source: Reuters By: Grant McCool NEW YORK (Reuters) - A protective Plexiglas shield has been placed in front of an elephant dung-stained portrait of the Virgin Mary at the center of a heated battle between the Brooklyn Museum of Art and...
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