Putin Art

[Martin Votruba]

> These comparisons are not convincing.

I agree.

> When has our Federal government made any response to an art exhibit?

Just to answer the question A) taken literally (otherwise, see above) -- there were FBI "responses" when there were doubts about the ownership of some paintings; B) not the FBI and not an exhibition -- the Oklahoma City police visited libraries and people's homes in 1997 in order to confiscate copies of The Tin Drum directed by Volker Schloendorff. Their actions were later overturned by a court ruling. The question then probably is not strictly that this has happened in Russia (weird/corrupt things can happen), but whether the gallery owner and the artist have a fair legal recourse. Konstantin Altunin doesn't appear to think so.


Martin

votruba "at" pitt "dot" edu

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