From sit-ins during which white banners were unfurled asking that the27 works not be allowed to go abroad, to public hearings put on by legislators from the ruling and opposition parties, those in favor and opposed to sending the works to America could find no common ground.
從民眾集結拉起白布條靜坐抗議、要求限展書畫不應出國，到朝野立委聯席質詢並舉辦公聽會，雙方爭議始終無法對上焦點、取得共識。