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BARCELONA, Oct 30 — 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...

Author Michael Horsham delves into the visual history of humanity to uncover how we connect through optics and symbolism.

Any artwork that emerges fresh from an artists studio today rests on the foundation of the wild-and-wooly 20th century. Even new entries in video, di

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.- 'Always have a place' - Many works deal with religion, such as Finnish artist Jani Leinonen's "McJesus" of a Ronald McDonald sculpture crucified to a wooden cross, which was withdrawn from a museum in Israel.

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.

BARCELONA: A crucified Ronald McDonald clown, prayer mats adorned with stilettos and sketches by former Guantanamo...

The newly opened Museum of Forbidden Art in Barcelona exhibits 42 globally sourced artworks that have been censured, vandalized, or withdrawn from public view.

Meet Tatxo Benet, Catalan businessman and the force behind Barcelona's new Museum of Censored Art – a man who has zero taboos

As remarkable as the Oregon philanthropist's 22,000-strong collection is his mission to exhibit it as widely as possible. Here, he explains the urge to share.

A lot of people think Brad Pitt is a jerk. If someone he has worked with or a friend he hasn’t seen in a few years comes up to him and says, “Hi, Brad,” his reaction might be, at best, lukewarm. He could even seem displeased and not greet them by name. Brad Pitt, it […]