The Hindustan Times reports on the forced closure of an art exhibition in New York that featured a small acrylic painting of GWB composed of monkeys. The painting by Chris Savido was on display at the Chelsea Market public space and was receiving significant attention. (Of course this was reported elsewhere as well but I thought I would include the link to the Hindustan Times since monkeys are sacred to Hindus and one could speculate on the bemusement they would be experiencing over the cuffufle. If you visit their site they have a useful popup window that allows you to select from a selection of delightful indian brides.)

Naturally, being America, amidst the outrage at the painting itself is the outrage from the artist's camp on the violation of rights of free speach guaranteed by some sort of amendment to the American constitution.

In retaliation anonymous supporters of the artist have rented a billboard near the entrance to the Holland Tunnel in New York displaying a copy of the image with censored across it. Thus an image that would have originally been seen by a few thousand people is now in prime display in New York and plastered across numerous sites on the internet, including The Green Man.

Great work by the Bush supporters wouldn't you say?

(Via Art Daily)