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Colorado Academic Center Institutes Censorship Regime After Controversy Over Student Art Work

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship

Until a few weeks ago, the Arts Building at the Aurari Higher Education Center in Denver featured several walls emblazoned with the kindly decree to “Post Artwork Here.” However, in light of recent controversy over the graphic work that student … Continue reading →

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Christian Extremists Vandalize Art — Again and Again

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship

Last October we reported about an incident at the Loveland Museum/Gallery in Colorado where a woman ripped into a lithograph after she busted the artwork’s plexiglass case with a crowbar. She did this because God told her to do it. … Continue reading →

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The Logic of the Censor

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship

Susan Burns, the woman who tried to tear a Paul Gauguin painting off a wall at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., stated her reasons thus: “I feel that Gauguin is evil. He has nudity and is bad … Continue reading →

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Controversial artwork vandalized in Colorado

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship

What began as a heated protest over Enrique Chagoya’s artwork at the Loveland Museum in Colorado has ended in vandalism.  A disgruntled woman ripped into Chagoya’s controversial lithograph “The Misadventures of the Romantic Cannibals” after she busted the artwork’s plexiglass … Continue reading →

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