Palm Springs hated his AIDS memorial design. How this artist's do-over turned debacle into redemption
His first Palm Springs AIDS memorial looked like an anus, critics said, so artist Phillip K. Smith went back to drawing board and set out to win over skeptics in the community. The City Council is set to vote on the new design Tuesday.
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