The decision by an arts journal to allow the famous artist to veto a historian’s essay about his work created “a chilling effect on the critical culture,” a journalism expert said.
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A 1937 mural by Fernand Léger and Charlotte Perriand, titled “Essential Happiness, New Pleasures,” at Tate Liverpool in 2018. The outstretched hand with flowers reminded Romy Golan, a historian and author, of Koons’s Paris sculpture and she decided to write about the two works.Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris; Photo by Paul Ellis/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images