A group of local artists is accusing the Chicago Public Library of censoring an exhibit that was critical of President Donald Trump, but the city won’t publicly comment on whether the early removal of their artwork was due to its political content.

Titled “We Are Not Done Yet,” the installation at the Austin-Irving library branch on the Northwest Side featured 16 artists and was on display from July until last week, when the city ordered the works be taken down, according to the group’s curator Sara Peak Convery. She alleged the library made the decision “following political complaints by two unnamed individuals who are city employees and are on city payroll.”

“This exhibition was censored and shut down,” Peak Convery wrote in a statement. “Such censorship undermines the city’s ability t

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