A fight to protect the dignity of Michelangelo’s David raises questions about freedom of expression
[The Galleria dell’Accademia’s director, Cecilie Hollberg] is a bit of a David herself against the Goliath of unfettered capitalism with its army of street vendors and souvenir shop operators hawking aprons of the statue’s nude figure, T-shirts of it engaged in obscene gestures, and ubiquitous figurines, often in Pop Art neon.
But wait! What about Andy Warhol? an art dealer in New York wants to know.
Maybe Warhol is…fettered capitalism?
It's complicated.
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