Monday, November 28, 2005

Random point of art historical interest

Learn a few weeks ago that the Director of the Met, is in fact, a proud descendent of Marquis de Sade. (As in, the 18th C French nobleman who put the "sad-" in sadism - half of sadomasochism, more commonly known to Hongkies as SM) Word amongst employees is that he likes to see naked ladies in in-house video productions. Hmm....

Which reminded me of the Guerilla Girls from the 1980's. Thirty years of Feminism and twenty years of high-profile pranks later, the art world still hasn't changed all that much in terms of its male-female ratio. Even now, with equal educational opportunities, the museum / gallery / rock-star-artist realms are still dominated by white men. What is going on?

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