Posted on 03/01/2020 9:50:40 AM PST by Twotone
They are two of the most beloved artists of all time: Edgar Degas, celebrated for his extraordinary draftsmanship and tender, dynamic paintings of ballerinas; and Vincent van Gogh, adored not just for his tragic life story, but for his shimmering canvases, those world-famous images of starry nights and bright sunflowers.
Now, a museum dedicated to Van Gogh's oeuvre is asking whether it is "appropriate," in anno 2020, to exhibit a drawing by Degas.
To be sure, it's not just any drawing. The sketch in question depicts a bathing woman from behind, her derriere revealed in all its flesh and glory. It is also a drawing the Amsterdam-based Van Gogh Museum purchased last year at auction for the eye-widening price of $6 million.
Yet apparently even before acquiring the "Bather," part of a series Van Gogh is known to have especially admired, museum staff discussed the issue of whether it could or should be placed on view. Earlier this month, the Van Gogh Museum's new director, Emilie Gordenker, observed on Dutch national TV that while she is pleased the work is now hanging in the museum, she considers it important to address the question of "whether female nudes are appropriate for people of all cultures."
This, as everyone immediately understood, was code, a subtle way of asking, really, whether nudes should be exhibited at all in a museum located in a city where Muslims happen to live.
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Just move all the museums to Poland.
Another episode of The Simpsons becomes reality.
And stupidity like this is how countries lose identities! Screw the Muslims and tell them to go back to the backwards POS countries they came from!!!!
If they dont want Degas then Send his paintings to me.
After the paintings will be the sculptures. Eventually nothing will exist depicting Western Culture.
Heres a question Id like to ask these milquetoast weenies:
Can you ever recall a single instance where the religion of peace EVER bent or wavered in order to not offend other religions?
I dont seek confrontation with the ass-lifters, but one day it will come. And I am ready for that day.
Cultural war much better than bloody conquest
Note that no actual muzzies had voiced any protest yet. Somehow, that makes it much, much worse.
How about censoring nothing. If you don’t like it: don’t look, don’t listen.
Let the Muslims build their own museum. And display whatever doesn’t offend them.
How many Muslim men do you estimate patronize Amsterdam’s red light district and its prostitutes in any given month? Do Muslim men want the red light district abolished too?
Simple. Muslims might be offended. Then dont buy a ticket
Face it Holland, you’re in deep shiite and you enjoy it. Where is your pride?
The left hates the right so much that they use the Islamic scum as their weapon. It’s sickening.
Got there before I did. Be a good dhimmi.
If not yet, it is certainly dying. I don't understand Europe's death wish.
>>Earlier this month, the Van Gogh Museum’s new director, Emilie Gordenker, observed on Dutch national TV that while she is pleased the work is now hanging in the museum, she considers it important to address the question of “whether female nudes are appropriate for people of all cultures.”
Its a global trend, many major museums have replaced leadership and curators. And they are publicly re-examining their collections to dispute masterwork status etc.
Get woke go broke
They got really good at death in the 20th century. I suspect they're only taking a break until racial and cultural interlopers really get on their nerves.
Thats why you see these exhibits of geometric art, architecture, and calligraphy when they exhibit Islamic art.
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