A new exhibition in Spain celebrates art that has been banned or censored in order to 'widen' our levels of tolerance.
A crucified Ronald McDonald clown, prayer mats adorned with stilettos and sketches by former Guantanamo prisoners take pride of place at a new museum in Spain devoted to previously censored art. The private Museum of Forbidden Art, which has opened to the public in Barcelona, features 42 works from around the world that have been denounced, attacked or removed from exhibition.
Another highlight is a work by French-Algerian artist Zoulikha Bouabdellah featuring 30 Muslim prayer mats, each adorned with a pair of sequinned stilettos, which was pulled from an exhibition in France in 2015 following complaints from a Muslim group. Meanwhile Make America Great Again is a naked sketch of former US president Donald Trump with a small penis, by Australian-American artist Illma Gore.
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