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Entries by Lee Rosenbaum from 12/2010

"Hide/Seek" Gamesmanship: National Portrait Gallery Is Wrong Target

| Posted 12.14.2010 | Arts
Read More: Smithsonian Institution, Hide/Seek, National Portrait Gallery, David Wojnarowicz, Arts News

Monday's news that the Andy Warhol Foundation may pull the plug on all future support for Smithsonian exhibitions is just the latest example of out-of-proportion responses by defenders of artist David Wojnarowicz's work.

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"Don't Ask, Don't Tell": A Useful Policy for the "Hide/Seek" Show at National Portrait Gallery

| Posted 12.21.2010 | Arts
Read More: Hide Seek Portrait, Hide/Seek, National Portrait Gallery, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Arts News

Politicians who know relatively little about art and museums should adhere to the "don't ask" admonition: They should refrain from asking the NPG to take down works that, in professional curators' judgment, belong in the show.

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