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|description_of_incident=The curator and director of the Perm Museum of Contemporary Art, Marat Guelman, was forced to leave his post after refusing to remove Slonov's "Welcome! Sochi 2014" exhibit. A week prior, Slonov's work was removed by Russian authorities from a cultural festival. Guelman, who organized the festival, responded by moving the exhibit into the Perm Museum. Guelman's twitter page suggests that he was fired from his post by Igor Gladnev, the Perm regional minister of culture. | |description_of_incident=The curator and director of the Perm Museum of Contemporary Art, Marat Guelman, was forced to leave his post after refusing to remove Slonov's "Welcome! Sochi 2014" exhibit. A week prior, Slonov's work was removed by Russian authorities from a cultural festival. Guelman, who organized the festival, responded by moving the exhibit into the Perm Museum. Guelman's twitter page suggests that he was fired from his post by Igor Gladnev, the Perm regional minister of culture. | ||
Authorities cited to unauthorized use of the Sochi 2014 logo as the reason Vasily Slonov's work was targeted. | Authorities cited to unauthorized use of the Sochi 2014 logo as the reason Vasily Slonov's work was targeted. | ||
|description_of_result=Marat Guelman was fired from his position as director and curator of the Perm Museum of Contemporary art, but Slonov's "Welcome! Sochi 2014" remains on display. | |description_of_result=Marat Guelman was fired from his position as director and curator of the Perm Museum of Contemporary art, but Slonov's "Welcome! Sochi 2014" remains on display. | ||
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|source=http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/21/19058345-russian-censors-target-olympic-themed-art-ahead-of-sochi-2014 | |source=http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/21/19058345-russian-censors-target-olympic-themed-art-ahead-of-sochi-2014 | ||
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