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Arts censorship dilemma

Description: At ICA, advocates of freedom of expression defend the Mapplethorpe exhibit. Opponents at State House press conference claim the photos are obscene and should be censored. Discussion of what makes something art, what makes something obscene, and how to judge a community standard.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/31/1990

Asbestos photo exhibit

Description: Photo exhibit at BU documents asbestosis as it affected Johns Manville workers and their families.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/02/1990

City Council on Mapplethorpe

Description: City councilor Dapper O'Neil addresses City Council about the seven photos he thinks should be removed from Mapplethorpe exhibit. City councilor David Scondras defends freedom of expression. Boston City Council votes against censoring the exhibition. City councilor James Kelly compares his idea of art with his idea of pornography. Kelly proposed a rent hike on city leases, such as for Institute of Contemporary Art building.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/08/1990

Dapper O'Neil at Mapplethorpe exhibit

Description: Dapper O'Neil visits Mapplethorpe exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary Art, to judge for himself if photos are obscene. David Ross, the museum director, greets him. Dapper takes notes on the pictures, is disgusted, threatens city council action. Interview with Dappy and an argument between Ross and Dapper over whether the city council has authority to censor ICA exhibit, since ICA is owned by BRA. B-roll follows of exteriors of ICA, police and crowds waiting for entrance, opening of the exhibit, chanting, free speech protest outside museum.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/01/1990

Homeless mothers' photographs

Description: Homeless mothers at Cambridge YWCA Family Shelter photograph their children and gain some self-esteem through exhibit of their work.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/11/1990

Human figure exhibit at MFA

Description: Curator comments on various renderings of the human figure in MFA exhibit. Many nudes and parts of the body in photos, drawings, paintings and sculpture.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/31/1990

Mapplethorpe exhibit at ICA

Description: Preview of ICA exhibit of Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs with curator commenting on pictures. Close-ups of many photos, including nudes and controversial images. Discussion focuses on the XYZ portfolio.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/31/1990

TOCN show on Mapplethorpe exhibit

Description: TOCN show with stories on the Robert Mapplethorpe exhibit at the ICA. Controversial photos.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/31/1990

Tibetan monks

Description: Tibetan monks create a mandala, intricate design of colored sand, at Museum of Fine Arts.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/19/1990

Viewers' opinions of Mapplethorpe

Description: Mapplethorpe exhibit at ICA opens to the public. Free speech demonstrators and police stand out front. Footage of some of the photographs in the exhibit. The opening of the exhibitions. Interviews with patrons waiting to go in on what they expect and why they came, and with patrons coming out, on what they thought of the exhibition.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/01/1990