Warhol Foundation asks KU to return flag art exhibit to original site

The University of Kansas' 15 minutes of fame for a controversial art exhibit with a paint-smeared American flag aren't quite over.

The New York-based Andy Warhol Foundation asked KU officials this week to return the heavily criticized art exhibit to its original location flying over Spooner Hall.

In a letter to KU Chancellor Doug Girod and interim Provost Carl Lejuez, the foundation asked the university to return Josephine Meckseper’s artwork to its original site on the KU campus.

After a storm of protests from an array of politicians, including Republican . . .

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