On November 30, 2010, administrators of the Smithsonian Institute ordered that Wojnarowicz's 1987
video, A Fire in My Belly, be removed from the exhibition Hide / Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture, an exhibition which focuses on sexual difference in the making of modern portraiture.This decision was made in direct response to protests from conservative groups who were offended by an 11 - second
segment of the
video depicting ants crawling on a crucifix.