Damien Hirst, the artist famous for his one hundred million dollar diamond-encrusted skull, is having some trouble getting his work titled "Mother and Child, Divided" and consisting of a cow and a calf sliced in half and preserved in formaldehyde into the country of Japan.
Could that be because it's rotting?
No. Of course not. That's no problem. They'll just replace the old rotting work with a new one. So then it must be the formaldehyde fumes, right? Nope, the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo is just going to install a new ventilation system. Instead, it's Japan's ban of British beef that's keep this fine work of art from turning Japanese.
If they're really concerned about mad cows, let the art in and keep Hirst out.