The exhibition After ‘Freedom of Expression?’ was meant to probe Japan’s history of art censoring and celebrate artworks that had been previously excluded from museums in Japan. It was shuttered after the triennial received multiple threats of violence over the inclusion of the sculpture “Statue of a Girl of Peace” (2011) by South Korean artists Kim Seo-kyung and Kim Eun-sung in the show. The work addresses Japan’s history of military sexual slavery, a contentious issue in the relations between Japan and South Korea. Last week, Police arrested a man suspected of making an arson threat against the triennial in a fax message that evoked the deadly attack on Kyoto Animation studios in July. {read}