Thursday, February 1, 2018

This Museum Isn't Canceling Its Chuck Close Show - Here's What It's Doing Instead

At the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, "there was some discussion of removing the Close show [in the wake of the sexual harassment allegations against him], but officials believed [the issues] would be better served by keeping the exhibition up and instead using it to create very pointed conversations ... [by mounting] an additional exhibit exploring issues of gender and power in an accompanying gallery."



Article source here:Arts Journal

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