A visitor poses for a photo next to a Jani Leinonen artwork called Mc Jesus, at Barcelona's Museum of Forbidden Art in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, November 17, 2023. In 2019, the Christian community in Haifa demande de removal of Leinonen artwork from the city's museum, considering it offensive. A new museum in Barcelona is offering a second chance to controversial artworks that have suffered censorship for religious, sexual, political or commercial reasons. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo)





Mexican artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer's artwork entitled “Collider”, formed by hundreds of pencil-beam robotic searchlights that create a glimmering curtain of light, is visible from al-Lulu Island on the backdrop of the Abu Dhabi downtown on November 20, 2023, during the Manar Abu Dhabi public light art exhibition. (Photo by Giuseppe Cacace/AFP Photo)





A visitor looks at a leather sculpture of a woman's torso as a boxer's punching bag at Barcelona's Museum of Forbidden Art in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, November 17, 2023. The physical abuse of women is captured by Kazakh artist Zoya Falkova in Evermust. It was one of six works removed from a museum in Kyrgyzstan when an exhibition of feminist art came under fire from officials who said it went against traditional values. A new museum in Barcelona is offering a second chance to controversial artworks that have suffered censorship for religious, sеxual, political or commercial reasons. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo)





A visitor takes photos to the statue of A Girl of Peace, by Kim Eun-Sung & Kim Seo-Kyung at Barcelona's Museum of Forbidden Art in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, November 8, 2023. Exhibited as part of the Aichi Triennale 2019 in Japan, the artwork received threats of attack for being anti-Japanese propaganda. The Exhibition was closed but reaction against its censorship forced it to be reopened. This artwork has caused various diplomatic incidents between Japan and South Korea. For its creators, it is a icon of peace. A new museum in Barcelona is offering a second chance to controversial artworks that have suffered censorship for religious, sexual, political or commercial reasons. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo)





A visitor looks at a drawing of a nude Donald Trump by artist Illma Gore, exhibited at Barcelona's Museum of Forbidden Art in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, November 17, 2023. In 2016, the Australian artist Illma Gore posted her artwork on Facebook and had her account shut down to obscenity and nudity. In addition, Gore received death threats online and a Trump supporter punched her in the street. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo)





A photographer clicks pictures at Chinese artist Al Weiwel’s Illuminated Bottle Rack displayed in the Chapter House room of Durham Cathedral during the biennial Lumiere photocall in Durham, Britain on November 15, 2023. (Photo by Lee Smith/Reuters)





Visitors look at Yoshua Okón's video of an obese woman lying nude on a table in McDonald's, called “Freedom Fries”, at Barcelona's Museum of Forbidden Art in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, November 8, 2023. Yoshua Okón's video was removed from a gallery in London after, according to the Barcelona museum, members of gallery's board were worried about damaging the fast-food chain's reputation. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo)





Surrender by Jenkin Van Zyl, a surreal installation at Fact Liverpool on November 16, 2023 featuring film and sculptural works inside a large inflatable silver rat. (Photo by James Glossop/The Times)





Patrick Heron, The Blue Table with Window: 1954 (estimated £500,000-700,000) goes on view at Sotheby's on November 17, 2023 in London, England. Sotheby’s British & Irish Art Week showcases works by some of the greatest artists working in Britain and Ireland in the 20th century, many of which are emerging from long held private collections or are making their auction debuts. Pioneering artists on public view at Sotheby’s London include Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, L.S. Lowry, Ben Nicholson, Stanley Spencer and Samuel Peploe. The auction will take place on 21 November. (Photo by Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for Sotheby's)





“Silence”, an installation by French Algerian artist Zoulikha Bouabdellah that displays 30 pairs of stiletto heels on the same number of Islamic prayer rugs, is photographed at Barcelona's Museum of Forbidden Art in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, November 8, 2023. Bouabdellah agreed to have her work removed from a museum in Clichy, France, after the 2015 attacks in Paris against the staff of the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper, which had published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo)





This photo taken on November 16, 2023 shows British artist Sam Cox, better known as Mr. Doodle, posing for a picture with his piece “The Doodles Leave Earth” at Pearl Lam Galleries in Hong Kong. A major Hong Kong transport hub was taken over on November 19, 2023 by googly-eyed aliens, extraterrestrial jellyfish and an organised chaos of eccentric characters – all part of a live doodling performance by British artist Sam Cox, better known as Mr. Doodle. (Photo by Dene Chen/AFP Photo)





Sculptures by artist Jason deCaires Taylor lying nine feet underwater in Moliniere Bay, Grenada in November 2023. The statues, which portray a range of carnival characters, will become shelters for marine life. (Photo by Jason deCaires Taylor/Media Drum Images)





Philip Colbert, a pop artist, on November 20, 2023 uses a OnePlus phone to complete his take on The Madonna and Child with St John and Angels, also known as the Manchester Madonna, an unfinished painting by Michelangelo in the National Gallery in United Kingdom. (Photo by David Parry/PA Wire Press Association)





The sculpture “The Dream” by artist Jaume Plensa is surrounded by trees showing autumn foliage near St Helens, Britain on November 20, 2023. (Photo by Phil Noble/Reuters)





Amanda Fowles takes a photo of “Nectary” an installation by artist Alison Smith and scientist Dr. Chris Hassall that forms part of Light Up Wakefield 2023 in Ireland on Sunday, November 19, 2023. The illuminated flower, one of a number of giant glowing flowers in the Hepworth Wakefield's sunken garden, invites visitors to experience the world from the viewpoint of a pollinating insect. (Photo by Danny Lawson/PA Images via Getty Images)