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Posted: 2023-11-20T13:32:19Z | Updated: 2023-11-20T13:32:19Z

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) A drawing of a nude Donald Trump . A punching bag sculpture shaped like a womans torso. A display of womens party shoes standing proudly on prayer rugs. All are pieces of contemporary art that have provoked debate and, sometimes, violent reactions.

These pieces and dozens more that were subjected to some sort of censorship have found a home in Spain at Barcelonas Museum of Forbidden Art, or Museu de lArt Prohibit in Catalan. The collection of over 200 works, including ones by well-known creators such as American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and Spains own Pablo Picasso, is intended to challenge visitors and question the limits imposed on artists in an increasingly polarized world .

Director Rosa Rodrigo said the museum is the only one in the world dedicated exclusively to art that faced petitions often successful ones for their removal from public view on moral, political, religious, sexual or commercial grounds.