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Mapplethorpe Obscenity Trial: 1990

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Cembalest, Robin. "Who Does it Shock? Why Does it Shock?" Artnews (March 1992): 32-33.

—. "The Obscenity Trial: How They Voted to Acquit." Artnews (December 1990): 136-141.

Gurstein, Rochelle. "Current Debate: High Art or Hard-Core? Misjudging Mapplethorpe: the Art Scene and the Obscene." Tikkun (November-December 1991): 70-80.

Light, Judy. "Jury Acquits Museum in Landmark Art Trial." Dancemagazine (December 1990): 12-13.

Merkel, Jayne. "Art on Trial." Art in America (December 1990): 41-46.

Parachini, Allan. "Year of the Censor: How Photography Became the Focus of Fear and Loathing." American Photo (November-December 1990): 39-42.

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