I love the bit about the Brooklyn Museum director assuring the public that “Pablo-matic” is not an attempt to cancel the artist. So kind and considerate of her, no? So big of the museum to be so condescendingly generous and, you know, inclusive. Because being a great artist is just not good enough to grace the walls a museum now; the artist must be judged according to currently fashionable morality, such as it is, and the art itself also judged accordingly. And yes, the responsible members of the establishment are still swearing that they live for art and are all about art. Bollocks.
The "Pablo-matic" business, dubious on its face, should simply be a risible embarrassment, but if it were seen for what it is by the "correct" people, it would never have happened. True, maybe they can see it as well as anybody and are just playing the currently "in" game, but it's still disreputable. However, as I've noted before, the point is to project a certain image, the kind that "looks mahvelous" to a particular audience, and pretty much to hell with the rest, even those who live in Brooklyn and are supposed to be served by the BM. I keep asking myself who museums think they're meant to be serving, because it cannot be the general public--my local museums are certainly NOT serving me.
I love the bit about the Brooklyn Museum director assuring the public that “Pablo-matic” is not an attempt to cancel the artist. So kind and considerate of her, no? So big of the museum to be so condescendingly generous and, you know, inclusive. Because being a great artist is just not good enough to grace the walls a museum now; the artist must be judged according to currently fashionable morality, such as it is, and the art itself also judged accordingly. And yes, the responsible members of the establishment are still swearing that they live for art and are all about art. Bollocks.
The "Pablo-matic" business, dubious on its face, should simply be a risible embarrassment, but if it were seen for what it is by the "correct" people, it would never have happened. True, maybe they can see it as well as anybody and are just playing the currently "in" game, but it's still disreputable. However, as I've noted before, the point is to project a certain image, the kind that "looks mahvelous" to a particular audience, and pretty much to hell with the rest, even those who live in Brooklyn and are supposed to be served by the BM. I keep asking myself who museums think they're meant to be serving, because it cannot be the general public--my local museums are certainly NOT serving me.