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Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation Denied Use of Roy Cohn Portrait for New Biography Over Political Concerns
The foundation denied the use of a 1981 portrait of New York lawyer Roy M. Cohn for the cover of a forthcoming biography because of its negative affiliation with sitting US President Donald Trump.
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The foundation denied the use of a 1981 portrait of New York lawyer Roy M. Cohn for the cover of a forthcoming biography because of its negative affiliation with sitting US President Donald Trump.
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According to ARTnews’s source item, Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation Denied Use of Roy Cohn Portrait for New Biography Over Political Concerns, The foundation denied the use of a 1981 portrait of New York lawyer Roy M. Cohn for the cover of a forthcoming biography because of its negative affiliation with sitting US President Donald Trump.
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