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Constitutional Law

May 30, 2001

Standardless Standard

The Hopper case most likely will cause municipalities with city hall public art exhibits to re-evaluate their selection policies.

        By Terence R. Boga
        
        Americans are no strangers to controversy over museum art exhibits. More than a decade ago, for example, the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati and its curator were tried and acquitted on obscenity charges related to an exhibit of Robert Mapplethorpe's photography (an incident comprehensively...

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