SFMOMA curator resigns
after reportedly invoking
'reverse discrimination'
SFGate,
by
Eric Ting
Original Article
Posted By: Boni,
7/14/2020 9:12:45 PM
Gary Garrels, the longtime senior curator of painting and sculpture at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, has resigned after coming under fire for saying the museum will still collect work from white artists.
Artnet.com first reported on the controversy, which stemmed from Garrels reportedly saying, "Don’t worry, we will definitely still continue to collect white artists" at the end of a meeting centered around new acquisitions from artists of color in the wake of the death of George Floyd and a renewed reckoning over race in America.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
MrDeplorable 7/14/2020 9:24:03 PM (No. 478507)
Let's all sing our theme song, shall we? "I'm a racist, he's a racist, she's a racist, we are racists, wouldn't you like to be a racist, too?"
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
dwa 7/14/2020 9:24:39 PM (No. 478508)
The insanity never stops.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Grateful 7/14/2020 9:49:50 PM (No. 478521)
Tantrums of the perpetually offended.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
DVC 7/14/2020 9:57:49 PM (No. 478528)
THIS is systemic racism.
These crazy mob of leftist, racist haters are totallyout of control.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
RU4us 7/14/2020 10:03:22 PM (No. 478535)
I wonder how long will Eric Ting will have his job at the Gate? It can't be acceptable to refer to "the death of George Floyd " without the obligatory mention of "murder", "heinous choking", "standard MMA kill move", etc. This rhetoric from people who should know better, provided the green light for the pent up hysterics waiting for an excuse. After all that's gone down, one must wonder, just what, if any, high level psychopathology will be the straw that finally breaks the dam?
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You collect artwork, regardless of the person's ethnic background, religion, etc. Either the artwork is worth having in the permanent collection - or it's not and collecting shouldn't be based on how much melanin is present in an artist's skin.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
curious1 7/14/2020 10:39:15 PM (No. 478562)
No such thing as 'reverse discrimination'. There is either discrimination or there isn't. People who say or write 'reverse discrimination' don't understand the meaning of the word discrimination, and have let the commies define the word for them. Bad move.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
RedWhite&Blue2 7/14/2020 10:43:24 PM (No. 478567)
Quit?
I’d NEVER quit!
I’d say to them GFY!
And back it up with plenty of ammo
This cancer culture needs to go to hell!
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Shmowry1 7/14/2020 11:37:51 PM (No. 478597)
Most modern art is garbage anyways.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
caljeepgirl 7/14/2020 11:54:21 PM (No. 478613)
Apparently, he had discriminating tastes!
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How long before the next step to becoming South Africa ? One by one, every city will be a mob ruled ghetto, a barrio, or enclave like MN? Face it, we are headed to the reservation.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Trigger2 7/15/2020 4:01:23 AM (No. 478705)
So now it's not the art piece itself that counts but rather who made it? How stupid is that? And why do these people knuckle down in front of those nazis?
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
montwoodcliff 7/15/2020 8:15:46 AM (No. 478839)
“A group of FORMER employees started the petition...” They must have had an axe to grind with this guy. Then everyone else piles on. Notice that it’s always the same language in everyone of these cases...toxic, white supremacy, etc. Like it is said, they can’t walk all over you if you don’t lie down.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
udanja99 7/15/2020 9:37:27 AM (No. 478955)
This is like the leftist people being canceled in Hollyweird. The art world is just as leftist as the movie world so just consider this as karma coming back to bite the “artists” for their own wokeness.
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Who is it that makes these decisions? Will anyone tell the mob, no?