The four artists’ letter comes just two days after Artforum published an essay by Hannah Black, CiarĂ¡n Finlayson, and Tobi Haslett titled “The Tear Gas Biennial,” in which they called out the artists in the biennial for not boycotting the exhibition over Kanders’s presence on the museum’s board.What this really means: We (anyone) can now start going throught the boards of all museums, and universities, and 503(c) and whatever, and if we don't like what one of the trustees or board members does for a living, of where his/her samolians are invested in, we can now demand that artist do not show in those museums or organizations!*
Read the whole puzzling article here.
* This of course, does not apply if the person in question is also a major donor to the right causes... cough, cough...
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