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Modern Culture II
Most museums would probably jump at the chance to display the Dead Sea Scrolls, considered one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the 20th century. But not New Zealand’s Auckland Museum. The museum board rejected an offer by the Israel Antiquities Authority to exhibit the scrolls, calling them “too esoteric,” and instead approved an exhibition of nude paintings, photographs of genital piercings, and mannequins wearing bondage paraphernalia. The museum is confident the “body art” exhibit will make a profit, but that the scrolls would have led to a loss. (New Zealand Herald) ...Sex sells.
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