"Arrest me Daddy." MoMA to Co-Curate Exhibition With NYPD

[NNadir]

MoMA to Co-Curate Exhibition With NYPD

Subtitle:

Arrest Me, Daddy hopes to cast a more positive light on the work of law enforcement officers.

The Museum of Modern Art Director Glenn Lowry joined the top brass of the NYPD in Dubai to announce that the New York museum will be mounting an exhibition titled Arrest Me, Daddy curated by members of the New York Police Department. Designed to provide a balanced and nuanced perspective on policing today, the exhibition will be a reimagining of the institution’s vast collection of art to tell a new story of people drawn to protecting others and the people who love them...

The caption:

During the course of Arrest Me, Daddy, police officers will dust artworks for prints and other DNA, while running the data into their databases in order to find alleged communists, anarchists, and other undesirables.

...“This has been a growing relationship,” explained New York Mayor Eric Adams, who was also in the Emirates for a security conference. “We know the leadership of the museum shares our concern that a new generation isn’t learning about our mission. Police, like artists, are misunderstood, and we know these opportunities will allow us to bring people together under the banner of art.”...

[femmedem]

1. LOL n/t

[flamingdem]

2. Interesting concept

Sure to create controversy and get new people into MOMA!

[RockRaven]

3. The AI image generators tend to add awkward extra limbs, seems like.

[NNadir]

4. Hyperallergic is screwing with the artists' heads a little and comforting them simultaneously. n/t.

[Mr.Bill]

5. Everybody check your calendar

for today's date.