Museum Board Members Fail Moral Challenges, Museum Exhibitions Exceed Expectations

Donna DeSalvo assembles some of Andy Warhol's greatest work for his retrospective at the Whitney Museum, while revelations that Whitney Vice Chair Warren B. Kanders owns a company that sells tear gas used at the border shake museum staff. Soul of a Nation at the Brooklyn Museum looks at the history of political activism, while Jack Waters offers a mix of bag of awe inspiring abject art paired with groan inspiring sculptures and paintings. Jack Whitten at the Metropolitan Museum dazzles, Art and Conspiracy flops, and Amazon is going to drive us all out of our homes. Relevant links below.  Andy Warhol at The Whitney Museum Whitney Museum Vice Chairman Owns a Manufacturer Supplying Tear Gas at the Border, Hyperallergic Whitney Museum Staffers Demand Answers, Hyperallergic  Soul of a Nation, Art in the Age of Black Power at the Brooklyn Museum  John Waters: Indecent Exposure at the Baltimore Museum of Art  Jack Whitten at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Closed Dec 2) Everything is Connected: Art and Conspiracy at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Amazon Headquarters Will Come to Long Island City: Curbed Explainer ASAP Pledge Not to Take Crumbs from Amazon      

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