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AVAM pulls artwork depicting molestation from new Baltimore exhibit

American Visionary Art Museum staff built a new gallery to house an installation in their 2025-26 mega-exhibit about the rape of a child, but removed one of the 46 images because they feared it was so graphic it would disturb visitors.
American Visionary Art Museum staff built a new gallery to house an installation in their 2025-26 mega-exhibit about the rape of a child, but removed one of the 46 images because they feared it was so graphic it would disturb visitors.
The Baltimore Sun's Mary McCauley (Kevin Richardson/Sun Staff)
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Baltimore's American Visionary Art Museum withdrew an etching because officials feared that the graphic image, which depicts the rape of a child, could traumatize viewers.

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