tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454459186129750328.post3456828775984692298..comments2024-03-28T03:48:25.254-07:00Comments on Grumpy Art Historian: Art as Diplomatic TokenMichael Savagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557727287816852329noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454459186129750328.post-86612339333187373922014-12-05T15:05:21.554-08:002014-12-05T15:05:21.554-08:00"This announcement encapsulates all that'..."This announcement encapsulates all that's worst about our culture of exhibitions today, lending a fragile object without good justification, shorn of context, on a diplomatic rather than artistic mission that will glorify the curators rather than the creators of the work of art." echo my comments to the Mauritshuis on their decision to send the 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' on a world tour. Their justification of it being seen by more people was met with my suggestion that, if that were the criterion, they should send it to Calcutta.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09721256854622982996noreply@blogger.com