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Lololll watching the art world want an exhibition about police brutality barely 6 months after an exhibition about NYC'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'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'all were not used to remotely dealing with this kind of subject matter.
The world online & in the press saw y'all show your asses when I called out specific and clear-as-day instances of bias, racism, complicity -- & all y'all could offer was "you should think about your part in sowing discord."
& y'all want another show about police brutality? FOH
& y'all want another show about police brutality? FOH
I've had a number of people in my inbox the last two days saying that they'd like to see more shows like Basquiat's Defacement in museums.
For what? Y'all literally acted like triggered FOOLS the ENTIRE time b/c it demanded you look at yourselves too.
For what? Y'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'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'all behaved when I called you out, how would this show be allowed to do its job?
So many were afraid to openly question the Guggenheim -- handling of the exhibition -- for fear of access that you weren't getting, that it only emboldened them to continue running it into the ground.
Y'all offered NO accountability whatsoever.
Y'all offered NO accountability whatsoever.
