Woman Demands Museum Move Its Basquiat Because It “Competed Aesthetically” With a Landscape She Prefers
Filed by the SAW Incident Desk
Sandra, 63, filed a written complaint with the Cincinnati Art Museum requesting a Jean-Michel Basquiat painting be moved from the main gallery to a "less distracting location." The museum's curatorial director sent a thr
Sandra, 63, filed a written complaint with the Cincinnati Art Museum requesting a Jean-Michel Basquiat painting be moved from the main gallery to a “less distracting location.” The museum’s curatorial director sent a three-sentence response. Two sentences were about Basquiat’s legacy. The third was a map to the gift shop.
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