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In April 2017, the administration removed the drapery and the mural was once again visible;  after nearly two years under wraps, the task force had concluded that the mural should be displayed, but with accompanying wall text to give historical context to the work. Signage describing its history, including the concerns voiced about it over the years, was added nearby.
In April 2017, the administration removed the drapery and the mural was once again visible;  after nearly two years under wraps, the task force had concluded that the mural should be displayed, but with accompanying wall text to give historical context to the work. Signage describing its history, including the concerns voiced about it over the years, was added nearby.


In a blog post, UK President Capilouto stated:
In an [https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/editorials/article100481602.html Op-Ed], UK President Capilouto stated:


“Against that backdrop, the concern, for many, is that the mural does not adequately reflect the violence and inhumanity that many experienced through subjugation and slavery,” he said. “Those questions of intent, context and perception have become part of a larger conversation at UK about racial climate. And, as is so often the case, we’ve been led by students.”
“Against that backdrop, the concern, for many, is that the mural does not adequately reflect the violence and inhumanity that many experienced through subjugation and slavery,” he said. “Those questions of intent, context and perception have become part of a larger conversation at UK about racial climate. And, as is so often the case, we’ve been led by students.”


In August 2018, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported that the University of Kentucky commissioned Philadelphia artist Karyn Olivier to create a work that responds to the mural. A new committee had been formed to solicit a public artwork in response to be installed in a vestibule at the entrance of the building. Eventually, after having first issued an open call to artists for submissions, the committee directly invited Olivier and another artist to submit proposals. They selected Olivier’s proposal. Her work, installed in the dome of the vestibule, which one enters before entering the room that houses O’Hanlon’s mural, covers the domed ceiling in gold leaf. Interspersed on the gold field are black and Native American figures from O’Hanlon’s mural and as well as four portraits of influential black and Native American Kentuckians. A quotation from Frederick Douglass is displayed around its edge.
In August 2018, [https://www.chronicle.com/article/What-the-U-of-Kentucky-Did/244269? The Chronicle of Higher Education reported] that the University of Kentucky commissioned Philadelphia artist Karyn Olivier to create a work that responds to O’Hanlon’s mural. A committee was formed to solicit a public artwork in response to the mural and surrounding controversy. After issuing an open call to artists for submissions, the committee invited Olivier and another artist to submit final proposals. They selected Olivier’s project. Her work is now installed in the dome of the building's vestibule, to be seen before entering the room that houses O’Hanlon’s mural. The installation covers the domed ceiling in gold leaf, with black and Native American figures from the mural interspersed in the gold field, along with four portraits of influential black and Native American Kentuckians. A quotation from Frederick Douglass is displayed around the dome's lower edge.
 
'''2020 Developments:''' In June of 2020, the University announced plans to remove the mural because, in the view of the University's President, "the spaces we have created for dialogue, and the work we have commissioned to expand conversation and contextualize art, haven’t worked."
 
The University has not announced a timeline for removal of the mural, and in July of 2020, author and poet Wendell Berry, a graduate of the university, filed a lawsuit in an effort to block the destruction of the mural.
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[http://www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-ed/article47230635.html Op-Ed: Censors on the flagship, BY WENDELL BERRY, November 30, 2015]
[http://www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-ed/article47230635.html Op-Ed: Censors on the flagship, BY WENDELL BERRY, November 30, 2015]


[http://www.kentucky.com/opinion/editorials/article100481602.html Moral of UK mural debate: mutual respect: Kudos for uncovering a work of art and unveiling a new commitment to a diverse, inclusive campus, Sept 7, 2016]
[http://www.kentucky.com/opinion/editorials/article100481602.html Moral of UK mural debate: mutual respect: Kudos for uncovering a work of art and unveiling a new commitment to a diverse, inclusive campus], Lexington Herald Leader, Sept 7, 2016


http://ukcc.uky.edu/cgi-bin/dynamo?maps.391+campus+0049
[http://ukcc.uky.edu/cgi-bin/dynamo?maps.391+campus+0049 Campus Guide –Memorial Hall (Full image of mural)].
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