The Jeonnam Museum of Art in Gwangyang, South Korea, has removed 15 dead or dying goldfish from a Yu Buk artwork in a show about mourning. The artist also uses dead flies and insects in his work.

An art piece containing 15 goldfish in plastic bags was removed from a South Korea museum Tuesday. Local animal rights groups were concerned about the fish in the display, one-third of which died.

Artist Can’t Believe He Wasn’t Allowed to Starve Goldfish to Death. DYING ART. ... “Now that the fish are gone, it lost its meaning as a work of art,” Yu tBuk old the Korea Times, ...