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Lololll watching the art world want an exhibition about police brutality barely 6 months after an exhibition about NYC& #39;s police covering up the murder of Michael Stewart is peak.
That would require facing the failures of the art world as a whole in their engagement of the show.
That would require facing the failures of the art world as a whole in their engagement of the show.
Of course the Guggenheim effed up the Basquiat exhibition & that was pretttyyy obvious.
But the writing for the show -- it was so clear that y& #39;all were not used to remotely dealing with this kind of subject matter.
But the writing for the show -- it was so clear that y& #39;all were not used to remotely dealing with this kind of subject matter.
The world online & in the press saw y& #39;all show your asses when I called out specific and clear-as-day instances of bias, racism, complicity -- & all y& #39;all could offer was "you should think about your part in sowing discord."
& y& #39;all want another show about police brutality? FOH
& y& #39;all want another show about police brutality? FOH
I& #39;ve had a number of people in my inbox the last two days saying that they& #39;d like to see more shows like Basquiat& #39;s Defacement in museums.
For what? Y& #39;all literally acted like triggered FOOLS the ENTIRE time b/c it demanded you look at yourselves too.
For what? Y& #39;all literally acted like triggered FOOLS the ENTIRE time b/c it demanded you look at yourselves too.
There was supposed to be a Spike Lee talk, but they kicked his wife and some of her/our friends out of the gallery -- some of these Black women happen to be some of the most powerful women and donors in NYC -- and that was the end of that.
It is impossible to do a show about police brutality in ANY city and not examine the power dynamics the art world & museums, which are infamous for their racism.
Tell me, given the way some of y& #39;all behaved when I called you out, how would this show be allowed to do its job?
Tell me, given the way some of y& #39;all behaved when I called you out, how would this show be allowed to do its job?
