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The Gatekeepers: Furor Over Centro de Artes’ Exhibition Raises Questions About How Much Say the City Has Over Arts Content

The celebratory mood in the run-up to Contemporary Art Month veered into furor when the City of San Antonio abruptly removed an artwork from the groundbreaking “XicanX: New Visions” exhibition at Centro de Artes. Its justification? The piece constituted “obscene content.” Just before the February 13 opening, award-winning performance artist Xandra Ibarra’s Spictacles: La Tortillera […]

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