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The offending material is again a detail of a larger work, an image of ants crawling over a crucifix, excerpted from a Wojnarowicz video that was included in a large group show called “Hide/Seek ...
Jan. 14, 2011— -- A decision by the Museum of Modern Art in New York to feature a provocative video depicting ants crawling over a likeness of Jesus on a crucifix has once again triggered ...
On 27 March, in a scene of great dramatic power, at dusk, under driving rain, and facing the vast emptiness of St Peter’s Square, Pope Francis blessed Rome and the world and prayed for an end to ...
The images were shared and commented upon numerous times before the internet realised something was awry with the Pope’s hands and his crucifix pendant in one of the pictures. Even the lenses of ...
A new show at the Brooklyn Museum has managed to offend Catholics — by including a piece of video art that, for about 15 seconds, shows ants crawling over a bloody crucifix. Could an exhibit … ...
The film, exhibited at the Warsaw Centre for Contemporary Art in Poland, shows a naked man approaching Jesus, then lying on top of him while caressing and licking the statue.
French Culture Minister Frédéric Mitterrand has said he recognized that the image was shocking to some people, but he also condemned Sunday's vandalism as "an attack on a basic principle: the ...
Art film showing a naked man rubbing himself against Christ on the crucifix prompts priest to take legal action against Polish culture ministry ...