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[–]Datachost[S] 14 insightful - 2 fun14 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

There are a couple of dozen tweets after these, but the craziness doesn't subside at all.

From what I can tell the origins of this issue stem from her being given an exhibition on Basquiat at the Guggenheim after she'd previously had success with it at her Alma Mater. She then let this go to her head, started acting like Billy Big Bollocks, flinging accusations of racism around, though it seems the Guggenheim certainly didn't act optimally. The cherry on top of this whole thing is her previously having told someone else not to idolise Basquiat, because he was a dope fiend and a homo (her words)

[–]LordoftheFliesAmeri-kin 2.0. Pronouns: MegaWhite/SuperStraight/UltraPatriarchy 8 insightful - 3 fun8 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

The cherry on top of this whole thing is her previously having told someone else not to idolise Basquiat, because he was a dope fiend and a homo (her words)

Oh, I do so hope someone recorded or screencapped that, there's nothing like the thrill of waving around someone's "oh, but you said this before" moment when they're being sanctimonious pricks.

[–]Datachost[S] 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The whole thing is fucking wild. The thread as a whole, her saying Basquiat is arguably the most popular artist in the world (which really just shows what kind of privileged bubble she lines in, because nowhere outside of upper class art snob circles is Basquiat the most popular artist), people actually trying to defend it.

And apparently she has ThreadReader blocked. I don't know why anyone would do that