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❝ In 1962, the American Legion picketed the Pasadena Art Museum for showing one of his constructions built around a crumpled American flag. After someone broke into the museum at night and tore off the flag, Mr. Herms left the shell of the artwork on display, inserting a note that read, “Despite this degradation, the forces of creation will go on.” → https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/arts/george-herms-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hFA.7gfh.4rRmkD8QYOYK&smid=url-share