Tragically, the people of New York will be deprived of the exhibition 'My Sweet Lord' after management at the Roger Smith Hotel, site of the Lab Gallery, pulled the work, caving into pressure from the Catholic League.
The gallery’s creative director, Matt Selmer, has tendered his resignation in protest at the ‘strong-arming from people who haven’t seen the show, seen what we’re doing. They jumped to conclusions completely contrary to our intentions’. But it is his employers’ spinelessness that will further intensify the ‘chilling effect’ for any artist who dares to offend the fragile sensibilities of Catholics, or any other religious group for that matter.
The gallery’s creative director, Matt Selmer, has tendered his resignation in protest at the ‘strong-arming from people who haven’t seen the show, seen what we’re doing. They jumped to conclusions completely contrary to our intentions’. But it is his employers’ spinelessness that will further intensify the ‘chilling effect’ for any artist who dares to offend the fragile sensibilities of Catholics, or any other religious group for that matter.
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