Conquistador, Salvador, Prima Donna, or What?

**Henry Whalley** · March-30-21, 03:06 PM

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.

**Danny** · March-30-21, 04:03 PM

Your comment sounds vague. What is the reason?

**jcole** · March-30-21, 04:24 PM

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

**Henry Whalley** · March-30-21, 04:46 PM

Originally Posted by jcole

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:

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)

**Danny** · March-30-21, 05:12 PM

DIA Director Salvador Salort-Pons must resign now!

**Gistok** · March-30-21, 05:14 PM

Originally Posted by Henry Whalley

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:

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)

WTH? World Socialist Web Site??

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.

**Henry Whalley** · March-30-21, 08:43 PM

Originally Posted by Gistok

You might as well have the Teamsters newsletter talking about the DIA...

And the John Birch Society on the flip-side.

**EastsideAl** · March-31-21, 12:22 PM

"fairy", really?

**Wheels** · April-01-21, 08:11 AM

I love it when liberals cry about getting what they voted for!

**Zacha341** · April-01-21, 11:04 AM

^ So many recent hasty/ reflexive policies not thought thru [regarding outcomes] are not workable/ sustainable are becoming disasters/ dissolving.

**EastsideAl** · April-01-21, 02:01 PM

Originally Posted by Wheels

I love it when liberals cry about getting what they voted for!

Who votes for the head of the DIA?

**Henry Whalley** · April-01-21, 04:56 PM

Originally Posted by EastsideAl

Who votes for the head of the DIA?

Wheels must have voted 'No'...

**Gistok** · April-01-21, 09:29 PM

Originally Posted by Henry Whalley

Wheels must have voted 'No'...

To him even art is political...

**Honky Tonk** · April-01-21, 11:56 PM

Originally Posted by Gistok

To him even art is political...

Said the kettle to the pot.

**Gistok** · April-02-21, 05:08 AM

Originally Posted by Honky Tonk

Said the kettle to the pot.

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.

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.

**Honky Tonk** · April-02-21, 06:28 AM

Originally Posted by Gistok

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.

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.

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

**Maof** · April-02-21, 07:27 AM

Originally Posted by Honky Tonk

Said the kettle to the pot.

Politics doesn't have to be inserted into every single conversation either.

**Maof** · April-02-21, 07:28 AM

Originally Posted by Wheels

I love it when liberals cry about getting what they voted for!

Your blood pressure must be high. Move on.

**Honky Tonk** · April-02-21, 07:46 AM

Originally Posted by Maof

Your blood pressure must be high. Move on.

As yours seems to be. Go lie down for a little bit.

**Bong-Man** · April-02-21, 09:43 AM

Well everyone knows a reasonable person wouldn't.....oh never mind !

**Henry Whalley** · April-02-21, 08:59 PM

Originally Posted by Gistok

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.

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.

President James Garfield had potential but was assassinated. I can admire Garfield and then FDR. But nobody after that.

**Gistok** · April-04-21, 03:49 PM

Originally Posted by Maof

Politics doesn't have to be inserted into every single conversation either.

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.