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Rokudenashiko and Japan's Obscenity Law
Artist Megumi Igarashi (Rokudenashiko) became the first woman tried for obscenity in Japan after distributing 3D scan data of her own anatomy to crowdfund a decorated kayak. The court called the kayak pop art — but convicted her over the data.
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The Conviction of Stass Paraskos
After a 1966 exhibition in Leeds, painter Stass Paraskos was prosecuted and convicted for obscenity — one of the last artists in Britain successfully charged under the old vagrancy statutes.
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The Fakes Fight Back!
More than 50 counterfeit Norval Morrisseau paintings have been permanently removed from the market—but experts say thousands are still out there.