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==Events== *30 May – [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989]]: The sculpture ''[[Goddess of Democracy]]'' (由女神, ''zìyóu nǚshén''), constructed by students of the [[China Central Academy of Fine Arts]] from [[Polystyrene#Extruded polystyrene foam|extruded polystyrene foam]], is unveiled by protestors in [[Tiananmen Square]], [[Beijing]]. Early on 4 June it is toppled by a tank. *12 June – The [[Corcoran Gallery of Art#Mapplethorpe controversy|Corcoran Gallery of Art]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] cancels [[Robert Mapplethorpe]]'s photography exhibition, "Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Moment", because of its sexually explicit content.<ref>{{cite news |last=Roberts |first=Roxanne |author-link=Roxanne Roberts |title=900 protest Corcoran cancellation; Group gathers at museum in support of Mapplethorpe |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=1 July 1989}}, cited in {{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/04/04/the-robert-mapplethorpe-protest-at-the-corcoran-was-one-of-washingtons-most-stunning/ |last=Argetsinger |first=Amy |author-link=Amy Argetsinger |title=Here's what the dazzling 1989 Robert Mapplethorpe protest at the Corcoran looked like |newspaper=The Washington Post |department=Arts and Entertainment |date=4 April 2016 |access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref> *October – The [[Philip and Muriel Berman]] Museum of Art opens at [[Ursinus College]] in [[Collegeville, Pennsylvania]], United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1989-10-22-2720231-story.html|title=Sharing Becomes High Art as New Berman Museum Opens at Ursinus College|date=22 October 1989 }}</ref> *December – [[Restoration of the Sistine Chapel frescoes]]: Completion of restoration work on [[Michelangelo]]'s [[Sistine Chapel ceiling]] in the Vatican. *[[Bill Gates]] founds [[Branded Entertainment Network|Corbis]] Corporation as Interactive Home Systems to license rights to visual media for digital display. *The [[Keith Haring]] Foundation is established. *''[[Magiciens de la Terre]]'' exhibition opens at the [[Centre Georges Pompidou]] and the Grande Halle at the Parc de la Villette.<ref>[http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/magiciens-de-la-terre-reconsidered "Magiciens de la Terre: Reconsidered"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405034614/http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/magiciens-de-la-terre-reconsidered |date=5 April 2017 }}, Tate Modern, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.afterall.org/books/exhibition.histories/making-art-global-part2-magiciens-de-la-terre-1989 "Making Art Global (Part 2): 'Magiciens de la Terre' 1989"], Afterall.</ref> *''[[The Other Story (exhibition)|The Other Story]]'', the first retrospective exhibition of British African, Caribbean, and Asian modernism, opens at the Hayward Gallery in [[London]].<ref>Jean Fisher, [http://www.tate.org.uk/research/publications/tate-papers/no-12/the-other-story-and-the-past-imperfect "The Other Story and the Past Imperfect"], Tate Papers no. 12 (ISSN 1753-9854), Tate.</ref>
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