There's a reception tonight at the New Yorker — get there by 8 p.m. — but already, we hear, a troublesome piece of art has been removed from the show:

At an art exhibit in one of the elevator corridors at the New Yorker just now some work is shown under the heading 'censorship,' as curated by C. S. Ledbetter. You have Ian Spiegelman's [Ed. Note: We're thinking it's probably ART Spiegelman, actually. Common mistake. Well, not really. But.] straining-to-shock "In The Shadow of the Tower," and assorted other mercy showings of forgettable staff-related "work." One artist, Kim Edge, has a piece up called "Just Say No" but I am told that she drove up from Rhode Island with another piece, an acrylic on canvas of Osama Bin Laden. Apparently, as the works were being hung up this afternoon David Remnick walked by and airily decided the bin Laden piece was too much. Censorship of censorship. Nice and tidy.

Related: December's removal of Renee Cox's work from the 4 Times Square lobby.

[UPDATE: We hear you can spy the infamous Osama painting through the glass doors that head to fact-checker land. I'm sure they appreciate it.]