Thursday

When Is A Bomb Art?

"A Knock at the Door," an exhibition at Manhattan's South Street Seaport Museum and the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, includes stamps depicting a gun to the president's head, a straightjacket made from an American flag and what appears to be a suitcase bomb. The show is meant to heighten awareness of government encroachment on civil rights and to raise questions about what is offensive and what is art. But for some relatives of September 11 victims, the answer is clear, Fox News reports. "From our point of view, and I think from a lot of Americans' point of view, it's a slap in the face," said one who lost his brother in the terrorist attacks. For the full story - click the title Irish Art