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The Holy Virgin Mary
painting by Ofili
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- In Chris Ofili: The Holy Virgin Mary and controversy
His painting The Holy Virgin Mary (1996) caused an outcry when it traveled with the exhibition “Sensation: Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection” to the Brooklyn Museum. The exhibition showcasing the personal collection of British advertising executive and art collector Charles Saatchi had already sparked controversy…
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Saatchi
- In Charles Saatchi
…the display of Chris Ofili’s Holy Virgin Mary, a painting of the Madonna that included the artist’s signature balls of elephant dung. A further controversy arose in the art community over the appropriateness of a public museum displaying the contents of a private collection, particularly as some of the objects…
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