Editing Stuckism (section)

===Demonstrations===
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[[Image:2005 Stuckist Turner demo (2).jpg|thumb|left|Outside the Turner Prize, Tate Britain, 2005: Stuckists demonstrate against the purchase of [[Chris Ofili]]'s ''[[The Upper Room (paintings)|The Upper Room]]''. The cutout is Tate chairman [[Paul Myners]].]]

The Stuckists gained significant media coverage for eight years of protests (2000–2006 and 2008) outside Tate Britain against the Turner Prize, sometimes dressed as clowns. In 2001, they demonstrated in [[Trafalgar Square]] at the unveiling of [[Rachel Whiteread]]'s ''Monument''. In 2002, they carried a coffin marked ''The Death of Conceptual Art'' to the [[White Cube]] Gallery.<ref>[http://www.stuckism.com/Tate/WhiteCube.html "White Cube Demo 2002"], stuckism.com. Retrieved 19 April 2008.</ref><ref name="cripps"/> Outside the launch of ''The Triumph of Painting'' at the Saatchi Gallery in 2004, they wore tall hats with Charles Saatchi's face emblazoned; they also carried placards claiming that Saatchi had copied their ideas.<ref>[http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/painting-north-east-artist-sparks-4453343 Painting by North East artist sparks row in art world] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402205727/http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/painting-north-east-artist-sparks-4453343 |date=2 April 2015 }}, The Journal, 28 August 2010.</ref>

Events outside Britain have included ''The Clown Trial of President Bush'' held in [[New Haven]] in 2003 to protest against the [[Iraq War]]. [[Michael Dickinson (artist)|Michael Dickinson]] has exhibited political and satirical collages in [[Turkey]] for which he was arrested,<ref name=guardianbriton>Birch, Nicholas. [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1871134,00.html "Briton charged over 'insult' to Turkish PM"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 13 September 2006. Retrieved 2 September 2007.</ref> and charged, but acquitted of any crime—an outcome which was seen to have positive implications for Turkey's relationship with the [[European Union]].<ref name=tait>Tait, Robert. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/sep/26/turkey.humanrights "Turkish court acquits British artist over portraying PM as US poodle"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 26 September 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2008.</ref>