this is disgraceful and abominable

I don't believe I saw this story when it originally surfaced last year, but evidently it's still timely.  And while I've no desire to get into a debate about it, no, I don't think that famously elastic concept "art" is flexible enough to hold the actions described.  Their perpetrator has moved into another, far more debased, field of activity, and no appeal to the artworld's conceptual games or ratifying power can change that fact.  I'm not the activist type, but there is a petition here.

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[sharon]

I've noticed there's been a resurgence of interest in that story, in the form of reposts and searches. I'm glad, in a roundabout way, because it means people won't forget and perhaps it will raise a little more awareness so it doesn't happen again. Thanks for being part of that!