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Vile or Visionary?: 11 Art Controversies of the Last Four Centuries
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  • Caravaggio, Death of the Virgin, c. 1605-06
  • Edouard Manet, Olympia, 1863
  • Gustave Courbet, The Origin of the World, 1866
  • Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles D’Avignon, 1907
  • Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, 1917
  • Richard Serra, Tilted Arc, 1981
  • Andres Serrano, Piss Christ (from the Immersion series), 1987
  • Robert Mapplethorpe, The Perfect Moment exhibition, 1989
  • Damien Hirst, The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, 1991
  • Maurizio Cattelan, La Nona Ora ("The Ninth Hour"), 1999
  • Renee Cox, Yo Mama’s Last Supper, 2001
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The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living Death of the Virgin Olympia Pablo Picasso: Les Demoiselles d'Avignon Fountain The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living

Vile or Visionary?: 11 Art Controversies of the Last Four Centuries: References & Edit History

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  • Naomi Blumberg
    Naomi Blumberg was Assistant Editor, Arts and Culture for Encyclopaedia Britannica. She covered topics related to art history, architecture, theatre, dance, literature, and music.
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