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Russell Brand’s Pubic Hair Removed From London Museum After Rape Conviction, Curator Says ‘I Have No Desire to Hear His Name Again’ (variety.com)

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[–] itisileclerk@lemmy.world 44 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why were there in a first place? "Look, this is Van Gogh's iconic Sunflowers, an this is Russell Brand's Pubic Hair"!!! WTF!

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago

Viktor Wynd, the eccentric collector behind the Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & UnNatural History in Hackney, confirmed that he removed the unusual artifact from his collection in the wake of Brand’s legal troubles.

“I took them straight off display and have no desire to hear his name again – he has no place in my museum of horrors,” Wynd told Variety on Wednesday afternoon. “My museum is full of disgusting things but even I have limits.”

Seems like this piece was fishing for the exact reaction it got. Kind of just a reheated Piss Christ if I'm being critical but it's certainly art.