Dutch museum mulls censoring Degas to avoid offending Muslims

Israel Hayom ^ | February 20, 2020 | Abigail R. Esman

[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.

[A Navy Vet]

"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."

You have an astute and hopeful point there. However, the new god of Europe is now Political Correctness and Free Stuff, and not a military invading force. Seems America is on the same path with CommieBernie being so popular.

Western Civilization is on the cusp. I find it interesting that much of Asia does not allow such infiltration.

[vrtom]

Waiting around for the arrival of a specified threshold before starting an attack is called “quorum sensing” and is achieved by microbes.
Look up the term quorum sensing.

[LegendHasIt]

And now that they have drawn the muzzies attention to it... If they display it, censored or not.... Some muzzie will try to destroy it.

[BTerclinger]

Idiot curator should just get a “Dedicated Dhimmie - Please Use Sharp Knife” tattooed on her neck.

[The_Media_never_lie]

I am not in the least, offended.