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|medium=Public Speech
|medium=Public Speech
|date_of_action=September 18, 2013
|date_of_action=September 18, 2013
|location=Smithsonian Museum  
|location=Smithsonian Museum
|description_of_incident=Smithsonian Chief G. Wayne Clough is remembered to have pulled a portion of a 30 minute 1987video by David Wojnarowicz (this portion called "A Fire in My Belly") from a National Portrait Gallery exhibition in 2010. This portion showed a crucifix with ants crawling on it. The move caused critics, especially the Association of Art Museum Directors, to call his action one of censorship.
|description_of_content=This incident refers to the 30 minute video created by David Wojnarowicz in 1987. It was displated at a National Portrait Gallery exhibition.
 
|description_of_incident=Smithsonian Chief G. Wayne Clough is remembered to have pulled a portion of a 30 minute 1987 video by David Wojnarowicz (this portion called "A Fire in My Belly") from a National Portrait Gallery exhibition in 2010. This portion showed a crucifix with ants crawling on it. The move caused critics, especially the Association of Art Museum Directors, to call his action one of censorship.
 
|description_of_result=Clough announced that he will resign from the Smithsonian in 2014.
|description_of_result=Clough announced that he will resign from the Smithsonian in 2014.  
|image=Dwayne.jpg
|image=Dwayne.jpg
|source=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-wayne-clough-smithsonian-chief-who-pulled-artwork-to-step-down-20130918,0,6986612.story
|source=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-wayne-clough-smithsonian-chief-who-pulled-artwork-to-step-down-20130918,0,6986612.story
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