Shahzia Sikander, “Witness” vandalized on the campus of the University of Houston. Photo Abdurrahman Danquah/New York Times.
Leslie Moody Castro and William Sarradet talk about recent events in the art world including the beheading of a public sculpture and the discovery of the oldest cave art.
“I connect with the sentiment of exhibitions as being a site of experimentation and play. I appreciate at some level vaunting art canon as the be-all-end-all record of what is important and aesthetic in human history but at some point, you trip over yourself just to have a handful of people be successful and valued.”
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