https://freerepublic.com/tag/brettsmiley/ en-us Mon, 6 Apr 2026 13:38:48 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4373837/posts The radical culture war on public art. The Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, has called for the removal of a mural of Iryna Zarutska, a young Ukrainian refugee whose brutal murder was caught on video, because, according to Mayor Smiley, because of its “misguided, isolating intent”. Providence has a BLM street mural covering three blocks and a “Love is a Many Gendered Thing” mural, but Mayor Smiley urged supporting artists “whose work brings us closer together rather than divide us” and remembering Irina’s murder divides us. Unlike BLM and “Love is a Many Gendered Thing” which bring us together. In... FrontPage Magazine https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4373837/posts#comment Mon, 6 Apr 2026 13:38:48 GMT