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Canadian university apologizes for asking artist to remove his 'political' painting
The Crossing bears a resemblance to Washington Crossing the Delaware, but with lemmings instead of Revolutionary soldiers ...
Controversy over lemmings painting exposes the real snowflakes at PEI veterinary college
The painting, which reads as well-executed political satire, was meant to indicate American political leadership was ...
P.E.I. vet college apologizes for asking artist to remove piece showing lemmings and U.S. flag
The Atlantic Veterinary College has apologized to its former artist-in-residence, who quit after being asked to take down a painting he says was censored by the Charlottetown institution due to its ...
Artist quits post after P.E.I. vet college tells him to remove painting based on U.S. politics
Christopher Griffin, the now former artist-in-residence at the Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown, says ...
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Canadian university apologizes for removing lemming painting that offended Americans
an image inspired by the iconic painting of George Washington crossing the Delaware River during the American Revolution in ...
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UPEI’s Atlantic Veterinary College apologizes to artist after pulling political painting from campus
The Atlantic Veterinary College at UPEI has apologized to artist Christopher Griffin for asking him to remove a painting that ...
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Ottawa-Charlottetown artist wins apology over censorship of politically charged painting
It’s clearly inspired by the famous 1851 painting by Emanuel Leutze of Washington crossing the Delaware, but set in a cold ...
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P.E.I. university backs down after artist accuses administration of censorship
The University of Prince Edward Island is backing away from a demand that an artist in residence take down a painting that ...
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UPEI AVC artist in residence resigns over response to painting
The artist in residence at the University of Prince Edward Island’s Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) has quit after being told to take down a painting that received complaints from US faculty members ...