Serralves Museum director steps down after censorship row
Serralves Museum director João Ribas has stepped down following censorship row around Robert Mapplethorpe show.
The director of the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art in Porto, João Ribas, has resigned over a censorship row centred on an exhibition at the Portuguese institution dedicated to the late US photographer Robert Mapplethorpe (until 6 January 2019). Ribas was only appointed in January, replacing Suzanne Cotter, but stood down saying that “he is no longer able to lead the institution”.
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