Italy curator slams ‘ignorance’ in US Michelangelo row

ROME---The head of the Italian museum housing Michelangelo's David criticized on Monday "twisted minds" who equated nudity with pornography, after a US teacher was forced out for showing pupils the statue. Cecilie Hollberg, director of the Accademia in Florence, told Agence France-Presse (AFP) the row showed a "huge ignorance" about art history, and was the product of "misplaced puritanism." A school principal in Tallahassee, Florida, was forced to resign last week following complaints that her class of 11- and 12-year-olds was shown a picture of the naked statue of David. One parent reportedly said the image was pornographic. "This is absolutely astonishing because we ar...

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