Forum Newsfront
May, 1983
Mugging ArtNew York City--An artist who painted muggers with the faces of two colleagues he thought were destroying art was "obviously allegorical" but not libelous. According to the judges of the Appellate Division of the State Supreme Court in Manhattan, "The Mugging of the Muse" was more hyperbole than foul play. "Far worse commentary is written almost daily by newspaper and magazine critics of eveiy aspect of the arts and is ... no more than an expression of an opini...
