WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A few hundred mostly young people jointly ate bananas outside Warsaw's top national gallery on Monday to protest what they called censorship, after authorities removed artwork there featuring the fruit, saying it was improper.
1 / 8People with bananas demonstrate outside Warsaw's National Museum, Poland, Monday, April 29, 2019, to protest against what they call censorship, after authorities removed an artwork at the museum featuring the fruit, saying it was improper. People with bananas demonstrate outside Warsaw's National Museum, Poland, Monday, April 29, 2019, to protest against what they call censorship, after authorities removed an artwork at the museum featuring the fruit, saying it was improper.
Miziolek said in an interview with the Onet.pl portal last week that he was"opposed to showing works that could irritate sensitive young people" and suggested some visitors have complained. The work had been in the gallery for many years. Miziolek, who was appointed to the state-run museum by the right-wing government in November, said Monday he appreciated the role of both artists in Poland's culture, but the gallery's limited space requires"creative changes" to the exhibition.
He recently cut funds for the European Solidarity Center, an exhibition on the Solidarity movement's history and a culture center popular with government critics, saying its activity went beyond its history-teaching mission.
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