‘A triumph of freedom of expression’: censored art museum opens in Spain
by Stephen Burgen in Barcelona from World news | The Guardian on (#6FSN2)
Barcelona gallery will feature works on religion, politics and consumerism that have been denounced, removed or attacked
Work by artists as diverse as Pablo Picasso, Ai Weiwei and the American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe will be brought together under one roof this week in what curators say is the world's only museum devoted to art that has been censored.
The Museu de l'Art Prohibit (Museum of Forbidden Art) in Barcelona consists of about 200 works that have been denounced, attacked or removed from exhibition.
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