Can Controversy and Censorship Ever Be Good for Artists and Their Art?
For some, controversy brings recognition, but many artists suffer emotional trauma, professional setbacks and long-term personal loss.
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Mapplethorpe Estate Settles Defamation Suit Against Christie’s
Mapplethorpe Rests On July 30, the heated legal skirmish that began six years ago when Michael Ward Stout, executor of
Mapplethorpe Foundation Livid Over Miller Gallery’s Sex Show
The letter from the Robert Miller Gallery to the president of the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation came without warning. Dated March
