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Killer Art

An exhibition of art by serial killer John Wayne Gacy is on display in downtown Las Vegas. A controversy has sprung up surrounding the art, some gallery operators say it's wrong to profit from the sale of the art because of the nature of Gacy's crimes. But others in the art community say it's good to have high profile outsider art come to Las Vegas and despite Gacy's crimes it's good to get people talking about art in Las Vegas. We talk with one supporter of the exhibit about why the exhibit is good for Las Vegas and a professor from Northeastern University who has studied why art by serial killers interests people.

 

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Wes Myles, owner, The Arts Factory

Jack Levin, Irving and Betty Brudnick, Profsof Sociology and Criminology, Northeastern University

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