Henry Moore Foundation To Artist: Do Not Use Moore’s Work To Make A Political Statement – Not Even In Photoshop Mockups

“Three years ago, Kansas City-based artist A. Bitterman proposed moving a vacant, dilapidated house, located in one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods, to the lawn of the Nelson-Atkins Museum … In place of the house, Bitterman suggested, the museum should install its prized Henry Moore sculpture Sheep Piece (1971–72). The house and the Moore lie on opposite sides of Troost Avenue.” The proposal recently resurfaced in the press, and Moore’s people are having none of it.