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I have zero basis for an opinion about Salvador Salort-Pons but, in a sign of the times, the DIA's big enchilada is attracting notice all across the political spectrum from morons who have less than zero basis writing for rags like the National Review, World Socialist Review, etc.
Here the issue as to which fairy can best run the DIA has been joined to the broader war as to who cancels whom being fought by fascists and Jacobins alike.
Your comment sounds vague. What is the reason?
6 out of 54 board members resigned largely over ethics violations regarding things like nepotism and a hostile work environment. The DIA decided to keep him on under monitoring. Sounds like a fairly reasonable result for now
Agreed, it may be reasonable for now. But what interests me is how the man's tenure in Detroit have become a political cause célèbre with articles like these:Quote:
Originally Posted by jcole
Cancel Culture Hits Detroit Museum Director Salvador Salort-Pons | National Review
What is the <em>New York Times</em> up to at the Detroit Institute of Arts? - World Socialist Web Site [[wsws.org)
DIA Director Salvador Salort-Pons must resign now!
WTH? World Socialist Web Site??Quote:
Originally Posted by Henry Whalley
You might as well have the Teamsters newsletter talking about the DIA...
As for the El Greco... talk about making a meal out of a morsel...
As for the issues about African Americans represented in the art world... well that's a different story... but not one that can easily be fixed in a short period of time.
And the John Birch Society on the flip-side.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gistok
"fairy", really?
I love it when liberals cry about getting what they voted for!
^ So many recent hasty/ reflexive policies not thought thru [regarding outcomes] are not workable/ sustainable are becoming disasters/ dissolving.
Who votes for the head of the DIA?Quote:
Originally Posted by Wheels
Wheels must have voted 'No'...Quote:
Originally Posted by EastsideAl
To him even art is political... :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Henry Whalley
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Originally Posted by Gistok
Said the kettle to the pot. :D :rolleyes: :eek: :cool:
Nah.... I'm an Independent... the last 3 presidents I liked were Reagan, G. H. W. Bush, and maybe Clinton's first term... everything since on both sides has been mayhem. :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Honky Tonk
But this thread is about art... I don't know the new Director well at all... just think that some of the sources on info about him are suspect.
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Originally Posted by Gistok
Who knows how you voted? That isn't my concern. I only know what you've been posting for the last four years on this forum. This thread has nothing to do with art. If it did, the title would have been titled something like "What do you think of Paul Klee's use of colors when he painted [________]?" The thread is about the head of the DIA and his politics, who is elected by the DIA's Board of Directors. You can read about it here and fabricate your own conclusions. Without subscribing.
A Law Firm Has Cleared the Director of the Detroit Institute of Arts of Ethics Violations—But Critics Are Still Crying Foul | Artnet News
Politics doesn't have to be inserted into every single conversation either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Honky Tonk
Your blood pressure must be high. Move on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wheels
As yours seems to be. Go lie down for a little bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maof
Well everyone knows a reasonable person wouldn't.....oh never mind !
President James Garfield had potential but was assassinated. I can admire Garfield and then FDR. But nobody after that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gistok
I'm ignoring him... he's had a bug up his butt up about me for the last few years... and likes to snipe and run at some of my posts. Maybe he needs his Amlodipine prescription strengthened or has been drinking the [[you know who) Kool-Aid for too long. But I did a recent review of all of his posts [[nice DYES function to have)... and I see no value in sniveling with him any longer. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Maof
Well stated... :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Henry Whalley
Every time I see the title of this thread, I think of the old Procol Harum song
Me too!Quote:
Originally Posted by jcole