British Artists Probed for ‘Extremism’ in Russia

A duo of renowned British contemporary artists offered “extreme apologies” for an antifascist exhibit in St. Petersburg that is being investigated for anti-Christian hatemongering, media reported on Sunday. Brothers Jake and Dinos Chapman were disappointed to be accused of extremism by religious groups, and pledge to never again set foot in Russia, the BBC Russia reported. A Chapman exhibit titled End of Fun opened in the prestigious Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg in October. Among other things, End of Fun features a tiny crucified Ronald McDonald, which was seen as blasphemy by 117 Russian believers who wrote complaints to prosecutors asking to investigate the exhibit for extremism.

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