Art
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Central Europe
Controversial exposition moves from Nuremberg church to art gallery
The controversial exposition “Jesus loves” will not be displayed in a church in Nuremberg anymore. Instead, it is moved to an art gallery. The exposition by gay artist Rosa von Praunheim was only visible for a few days in Nuremberg. There, the images that showed provocative sexual pictures, were exhibited…
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Northern Europe
Norwegian church to host LGBT art exhibition
A Norwegian church will host an art exhibition designed to bring queer people and religion closer to each other. “Queerness and religion have often been seen as a contradiction from both sides. But two years ago, we saw a tendency for artworks to express a spiritual longing and search, not…
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Central Europe
Polish artist sentenced for blasphemous painting
A Polish artist has been fined 2,000 zloty (425 euros) for creating a painting as a protest against the Polish abortion law. Krzysztof Soroka (35) has been sentenced by the Court of Appeal, as he was found guilty of hurting “religious feelings.”. The judge in Szczecin, furthermore, ruled that he…