Rob Robbins

The Smithsonian's queer erasure of an AIDS artwork should alarm us all By omitting the tragic story behind Felix González-Torres "Untitled" (Portrait of Ross in L.A.), the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery is setting a perilous precedent, warns art scholar Ignacio Da...

When I taught at Texas State, I used Felix Gonzalez-Torres's work in a warm-up exercise. Students were moved by his art. Seeing its meaning truncated is just sad. In this new day of censorship, I wonder if I would even be allowed to present such art in the classroom of a state institution anymore.

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