BTW #4 - Theater of the Protest

Thomas Claveirole. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, 2009

Pressure from outside the art world, threats of violence, and an online petition nearing a million people have compelled the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York to remove several artworks from an exhibition. Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World is the title of the exhibition. The cause of the firestorm came when animal rights activists, such as Peta became aware of 3 art works.  These 3 works could be misunderstood as cruel to animals. Eric and Ando unpack this story, and in the process will most likely offend a few listeners. So let us know if they are missing the point on this episode of By The Way.

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Links

Artnet http://artnt.cm/2yGlybp , http://artnt.cm/2y8yTfA, http://artnt.cm/2gHhFv8, Change.org petition http://bit.ly/2wRn4KO, Newsweek http://bit.ly/2lkKkLN,

Music credits: Favorite Secrets by Waylon Thornton is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License and permission of the artist.