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Food Splattering on Art Protests in Museum Galleries

  • 1.  Food Splattering on Art Protests in Museum Galleries

    Posted 02-06-2023 10:05 AM
    Dear colleagues: [indulgence coveted for cross-posting]
    Is the spate of throwing various foodstuffs onto art displayed in museum galleries late last year a "copycat crime" as defined on Criminology and Criminal Justice | Oxford Research Encyclopedias by Surette (2017)?
    The latest post titled "VANDALS (vs. 'Activists') Target Art in Museums as Free-For-All Solution to Climate Change???" on the Critical Museology Miscellanea blog provides an extensive analysis of this recent history at https://miscellaneousmuseology.wordpress.com/2023/02/05/vandals-vs-activists-target-art-in-museums-as-free-for-all-solution-to-climate-change/ .
    Thanks for thinking about these matters.
    Respectfully yours


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    Paul C.Thistle
    Director/Curator (retired)
    Stratford, Ontario
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