Art Bites: The Matisse Painting That Sparked a Protest
A century ago, a mob of anti-modernist art students condemned Henri Matisse to death in a mock trial after seeing his paintings.
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A century ago, a mob of anti-modernist art students condemned Henri Matisse to death in a mock trial after seeing his paintings.
It’s hard to explain how depressed I felt when I read reports of the comedian Paul Currie screaming abuse at an Israeli member of his audience and ejecting him from his show, yelling “get the f___ out of my theatre. Get out, get the f___ out of my show, motherf___ers.”
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The Illinois Central Railroad estimated it would carry at least 15,000 fans from Chicago to the game.