An exhibition of religious paintings by Alfred Hrdlicka, Religion Fleisch & Macht, at Vienna's Dommuseum, has provoked criticism from Austrian Catholic leaders. One of the paintings, a homoerotic version of Leonardo DaVinci's Last Supper inspired by Pier Paolo Pasolini, has been removed from the exhibition. The exhibition also includes paintings featuring a crucified (and, in at least one instance, erect) Jesus being simultaneously groped and tortured. (Tumescent Christs have caused several previous artistic controversies, including
statuettes by Terence Koh and
cartoons published in The Insurgent.) The exhibition opened on 12th March, and is scheduled to close on 10th May.

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