What were the controversies that got him in trouble?

Paintings of his had nude Indian goddesses which angered Indian sentiments

Many nationalist groups in India came out against the paintings

Pictures can not always be right my friend. what ever it's written in this sculptures is what is right. there could be some evil king like you muslims who could have created those paintings. and who the hell told you that those paintings of laxmi, sarsvati or whatever
i just do not believe it. it's not just me not believing it. it's completely false. then why it's never mentioned in the shastras.
many king has ruled india, and specially this mughals for so many years, who knows similar like m.f hussein could have made or edited those pictures or even who knows the stupid and unlearnt hindus could have done it.
i believe in vedas and vyas sutra and bhagvad geeta by ramanujacharya.
show me in any of these books such written stuff.
you muslims loves to be brain washed in one particular matter, that is khajuraho and pictures, but do not think about who drew these pictures, were they real hindus. real hindus are so called vaishnav.
please try find out these
and you only think 2+2 = 4 just like dr. zakir hussein, the name hussein is very famous. but you don't know even 8-4 = 4, 3+1 = 4 sqrt(16) = 4, 16/4 = 4 and so on.
truth does not have a single way, there are many ways to reach truth
so know this
Jay Hind

Yes Art should not have boundaries but Art should not disrespect other persons belief. If MF is free artist he should paint all painting in similar fashion but if you see his painting you can see partiality.
If you saw his paintings about his family and religion he always respect his family and disrespect Indian God and India as a country

http://www.hindujagruti.org/activities/campaigns/national/mfhussain-campaign/

He always got inspired to paint India God Mother India, but he never painted nude his own mother or daughter.

Here are the reason why I dislike MF Hussain.

1.
Representing India as a woman being raped, is nothing but terrible denigration. For an Indian, ‘Bharat Mata’ (Mother India) is a Goddess and not some figurative concept and showcasing her in this manner is highly outrageous and a completely unacceptable form of denigration.

2.It would be appropriate to ask MF Husain if he would have dared to make a similar painting had there been an attack on the UK, the UAE or Qatar and named it the ‘Rape of UK, UAE or Qatar’ ? (Husain has recently become a citizen of Qatar)

3.What is MF Husain’s sick fascination for having sex with animals ? Why does he repeatedly superimpose his dirty minded eroticism on Deities ?

4.Why has he split the canvas in half ? Does he want to suggest that India will spilt ? Why this divisive implication that India will crumble under attack ?

5.Why has he painted the blood that has been spilt in the colour green ? And also the two bulls with green faces. The offenders of the cowardly terrorist attacks that India is facing, are the people who are symbolized by the colour green, and not the other way around. Does he expect the Islamisation of India ?

6.India has been wounded by innumerable terrorist attacks. Instead of expressing her pain, MF Husain has humiliated her and has added insult to her injury by showing her being raped and that too with the perverted suggestion of an animal straddling her and of a man pulling at her blouse and staring at her breast.

7.If MF Husain is truly an artist (as claimed by the artist community) and that all his thoughts about being outraged by terrorism were genuine, then why does he not paint others being nude and having sex with animals ? But as we have observed he depicts only India and Hindus in this manner.

8.Thus, for these reasons this painting is unacceptable to an Indian and it hurts and rapes our sensibilities.