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Mike 03

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20. You might look at how the recent controversies over Gaughan are being
Tue Mar 2, 2021, 05:45 PM
Mar 2021

handled.

It's not exactly the same, but the controversy is about how you handle a historically-highly-regarded artist about whom shocking revelations become known, and how you adjust or deal with the legacy going forward. I don't know if this is helpful, but it might give you some ideas.

Why Is the Art World Divided over Gauguin’s Legacy?
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-art-divided-gauguins-legacy

Is It Time Gauguin Got Canceled?
Museums are reassessing the legacy of an artist who had sex with teenage girls and called the Polynesian people he painted “savages.”


https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/18/arts/design/gauguin-national-gallery-london.html

More than a century after his death, has the time finally come to cancel Gauguin?
From entering sexual relationships with young girls, to using his status as a westerner to exploit, Paul Gauguin is a controversial figure. So why do we keep making excuses, Farah Nayeri asks


https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/paul-gauguin-national-gallery-me-too-art-harassment-assault-a9216801.html

‘Formal Analysis Cannot Occlude the Real Issues’: How Curators Are Addressing Gauguin’s Dark Side in a New Show at the National Gallery in London
Art museums are grappling with how to display great works by artists who abused their models.


https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/gauguin-metoo-national-gallery-1672810

Sorry this reply is so late, but I just noticed your post.

Good luck with your book!

I didn't know that about Degas. Ocelot II Feb 2021 #1
The thing is that I love Degas work (I don't love Wagner's music). CTyankee Feb 2021 #5
I do like Wagner's music (I'm listening to "Das Rheingold" right now), Ocelot II Feb 2021 #6
But didn't the Nazis glorify Wagner very loudly and publicly? CTyankee Feb 2021 #10
They did, but that doesn't make his music less valuable; Ocelot II Feb 2021 #12
I think you conveyed the dichotomy (the beauty of his talent and the ugliness SeeingEyeRefugee Nov 2021 #22
I think it's easy to forget or ignore the deep vein of anti-Semitism cyclonefence Feb 2021 #2
I believe one source referenced the Dreyfus Affair, which evidently is when Degas was CTyankee Feb 2021 #7
Were the ballet dancers kept by these men? cyclonefence Feb 2021 #13
I am guessing that these girls were sexually exploited. CTyankee Feb 2021 #15
I agree cyclonefence Feb 2021 #18
Sadly, yes. CTyankee Mar 2021 #19
I think I'd skip it Bayard Feb 2021 #3
I don't think Michelangelo being gay would be an issue. Overlooking predation on young girls is CTyankee Feb 2021 #9
Not advice, but I read this recently about Degas: Gaugamela Feb 2021 #4
Yes, I have that source. He did paint their pain and exhaustion. And you see in his sculpture, The CTyankee Feb 2021 #8
It's no secret that artists tend to be eccentric misfits. It seems Degas' work may be closer to Gaugamela Feb 2021 #11
well, for one thing, Degas did not want to paint outdoors and said so. CTyankee Feb 2021 #14
I wish you well on your book. Sounds like a labor of love. Gaugamela Feb 2021 #16
It is. I'm old now but I love art history. working on this book keeps my mind from turning into CTyankee Feb 2021 #17
You might look at how the recent controversies over Gaughan are being Mike 03 Mar 2021 #20
I'm not that interested in Gauguin, to be honest. But I am not surprised at this discovery. CTyankee Mar 2021 #21
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