"Seven weeks before the opening, IU's administration surreptitiously canceled the show; when confronted by angry faculty... IU's provost insisted that the exhibit, three years in the making, posed a 'security' risk to the campus."
"Most observers assumed that this blatant censorship was no more than a response to Halaby's ardent advocacy on behalf of the Palestinian cause in the wake of the Oct. 7 massacre by Hamas and the subsequent brutal Israeli reprisals against Gaza."
"During the first week of September, I had the opportunity to see 'Eye Witness,' the companion Halaby retrospective now showing at Michigan State University's Broad Art Museum... I am infuriated with the censorship on my campus all over again."
"There was no visible museum security at all. No guards... Not even museum staff in the galleries themselves. The museum was filled with a diverse collection of viewers, all engaging with the exhibit in a secure atmosphere."
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