Notable removals and censorships of artworks…plus a couple more

While this list is appreciated, it also lacks at least two art projects by Swiss artist, Christoph Büchel. Certainly the decade-old fiasco initiated by the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art against Büchel has to rank in the top 10, if not top 5. Some of you may be old enough to remember that Mass MoCA sued Büchel in federal court seeking a court order allowing the museum to exhibit Büchel’s project, “Training Ground for Democracy,” without the artist’s permission. In part, the lawsuit engendered a court order banning Mass MoCA from making Büchel’s project available to the public.

And then of course there was Büchel’s project for the 56th Venice Biennale, THE MOSQUE: The First Mosque in the Historic City of Venice, which was shut down by police just two weeks after its opening.

Any others?

Tags: christoph buchel, mass moca, mosque, training ground for democracy, venice biennale