Archived Should a Painting Be Destroyed Because the Artist is White? (archive.is)
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Archived Should a Painting Be Destroyed Because the Artist is White? (archive.is)
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[–] Dalai_Llama 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
In order to embrace Islam, we must work hard to destroy the icons of all other cultures.
[–] SocialJusticePanda 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Really? How many paintings of chicken and watermelons do we really need?
[–] ChosenUndead ago
We wuz arrtisses
[–] [deleted] 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
[–] CANCEL-CAT-FACTS [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Picasso and Georges Braque were both secretly black.
[–] wgtt911 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Of course.. white is evil.. /s
[–] 8513453? 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
If it is an oil painting that media was popularized by Europeans. Anyone else is culturally appropriating. Art never survives long in SJW land.
[–] cthulian_axioms 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Betteridge's Law of Headlines states that if a headline ends in a question mark, the question asked must be answered in the negative.
Given the question asked, general principles of reason also dictate the same answer.
So ... no.
[–] Madranon 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
They just don't see the irony in what they say.
If their brains were zippos they wouldn't be able to light a cigarette.
[–] mamwad 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Why are they attacking the NYT reporter for reporting facts without injecting his own opinion into the matter? Isn't that what a journalist is supposed to do when reporting straight news?
The NYT article leads with a photo of the work, and does contain a several paragraph response from the curators of the show about why they chose to include the painting. The article you linked to said that this response was "mealy mouthed," but it seems on point to me:
Clearly, this article does not endorse the censorship of art. Again, most importantly, they displayed the painting in the article.
Art thrives on controversy. Depicting a work as controversial isn't often damaging to the reputation of that work. This article probably increased the valuation of the piece.