Palm Springs hated his AIDS memorial design. How this artist's do-over turned debacle into redemption

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 III went back to the drawing board and set out to win over skeptics in the community. The City Council approved the new design Thursday.

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