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Exhibition With Nazi Imagery Incites Protests |
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NEW YORK CITY.- The opening of the much-debated exhibition "Mirroring Evil: Nazi Imagery/Recent Art" on Sunday at the Jewish Museum, featuring Nazi and Holocaust imagery spurred protesters throughout the day but was generally marked by subdued reflection. The Jewish Museum exhibition may have drawn its loudest opposition before opening. In response to months of criticism from Holocaust survivors and others, the Jewish Museum placed a warning sign at the entrance to a gallery that includes the three works that opponents said they found most disturbing. The museum also added an exit from that gallery, allowing visitors to leave before seeing the most controversial works. They include "Lego Concentration Camp Set" and "It's the Real Thing," which is viewed on a computer screen and shows a portrait of the artist holding a can of Diet Coke, superimposed onto a photograph of the Buchenwald concentration camp. Opponents to the exhibition, which blends Nazi and Holocaust icons, photographs and imagery with commercial images and objects, say it makes a mockery of human suffering. However, several visitors said they found the exhibition powerful and provocative. The showing is scheduled to close on June 30.
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Today's News
September 28, 2024
A museum director's heirs lay claim to his Rembrandts
Van Gogh 'Sunflowers' targeted again as protesters are sentenced to jail
An exclusive peek at the Met's reimagined Rockefeller Wing
A library that holds its own among museums
ALBERTINA Museum exhibits the entire fascination of Marc Chagall's world of themes and motifs
Exhibition of sculptures and works on paper by David Rabinowitch opens at Peter Blum Gallery
Masterpieces by Maarten van Heemskerck in the Netherlands for the first time
V&A gains support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to transform its historic South Asia gallery
Casemore Gallery opens an exhibition of works from artists Sungho Bae, Efrat Hakimi, Thomas Kong, Ed Oh and Guanyu Xu
Works by Antonio de Guezala enter the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum by purchase, donation, and long-term loan
Royal College of Art announces the winners of the Helen Hamlyn Design Awards for 2024
Pristine, precious first edition of 'The Lord of The Rings' trilogy rises in Heritage Auctions event
A photo booth downtown draws a nostalgic crowd
Philadelphia's BalletX shows variety but little depth
Production linked to Neil Gaiman is halted amid sexual assault claims
Lhasa's music captivated audiences everywhere but here
Francis Ford Coppola reenters a changed Hollywood. It could be rough.
Maggie Smith, grand dame of stage and screen, dies at 89
NAACP Legal Defense Fund records newly digitized and now available online from the Library of Congress
New York Film Festival pitches its ever-expanding, global tent
Clarice Rivers, earthy muse of two artists, dies at 88
Neil King Jr., who wrote of a long walk of 'renewal,' dies at 65
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