The Little Gallery at Bowling Green State University’s Firelands campus has been shuttered in a protest of censorship after a sculpture was removed from an exhibition by a dean without the gallery director’s knowledge.

“We removed a sculpture that graphically depicts a female middle school student, on her knees, performing oral sex on a standing male middle school science teacher,” the university wrote in response to the flap. “As an institution of higher education, Bowling Green State University strongly supports the right of free speech and artistic expression. However, we also have a responsibility … to not expose the children and families we invite to our campus to inappropriate material.”

David Sapp, an art professor and director of the gallery, shut down the entire exhibit as a sign of protest. Inside Higher Ed and the Toledo Blade have more here and here.

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