Curators on Trial | Russia

Two curators of a museum exhibit, Forbidden Art 2006 that mixed religious icons with sexual and pop-culture images face up to three years in prison in a case that is testing the tolerance of Russia's government and its dominant church, and has the artistic community up in arms. A Moscow court is to issue a verdict on July 12 in the trial of Yuri Samodurov and Andrei Yerofeyev, charged with debasing religious beliefs and inciting religious hatred. (Read More)