Text messages among University of North Texas leaders suggested that an art exhibit was closed in the College of Visual Arts and Design last month because the work violated updated policy.
However, administrators ultimately chose not to explain the decision to close ”Ni De Aquí, Ni De Allá” (“Not from Here, Not from There”) by Dallas-raised street artist Victor Quiñonez between Feb. 10-11.
The Denton Record-Chronicle obtained records regarding the closure of the exhibit, which apparently spooked UNT President Harrison Keller and Provost Michael McPherson, who said in a text exchange first reported in the New York outlet Urgent Matter that some of the art might anger “our friends in Austin.”…