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#MeToo in the art world: Genius should not excuse sexual harassment

  • Written by Irina Aristarkhova, Associate Professor, Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan
#MeToo in the art world: Genius should not excuse sexual harassmentMosaics by artist Chuck Close on the walls of the new 86th Street subway station on the Second Avenue line in New York.AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File

This May, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., was to showcase the work of two famous artists: one of painter Chuck Close and another of photographer Thomas Roma. Both exhibitions, however were...

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