The museum of scandals – Eléa Baucheron; Diane Routex Nu Kopen

For centuries artists have been pushing the limits of society’s norms, whether in the form of a new technique, subject matter, or message. In the 15th century, a fresco by Masaccio shocked audiences by playing with perspective to depict Adam and Eve’s expulsion from Eden. Some 500 years later, Diego Rivera featured Lenin at the center of Man at the Crossroads , commissioned by John D. Rockefeller Jr. for the lobby of New York’s soon-to-be-completed Rockefeller Center; the mural was destroyed when it was de…