I agree with you, Roger. Among other things, attacking Picasso as a monster to women is not breaking any new ground. And the line forms at the rear for artists who have been abusive to women. The list of antisemitic artists is unnerving. Etc.
What disturbs me more is the idea of launching an exhibit with the express purpose of deriding the artist and mocking the art from a narrow perspective. Such an exhibit was launched very successfully in Munich in 1937. But we live in a time when people visiting New York City, say, go the "immersive" van Gogh or Monet light shows rather than to the museums with the actual paintings. The Brooklyn Museum will pack 'em in for this one. There is another Picasso show at the Guggenheim right now--the young Picasso in Paris. Sounds better. As for the herding effect that this kind of exhibit promotes, I always refer to Tom Wolff's "The Painted Word". The average visitor to a museum is highly susceptible to the instruction on the plaque next to the art. These days there are also x-rays. But I'm rambling now.
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