the new Broad Contemporary Art Musuem in LA

here is what the guerrilla girls have to say about the BCAM opening:



BROAD CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM (BCAM)
97% WHITE AND 87% MALE!
The new Broad Contemporary Art Museum (BCAM) at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art was paid for with 50 million bucks from the munificent LA businessman and art collector Eli Broad. And the first show is a selection of art from his own private collection. How exciting!

Wait a minute…. Broad, the philanthropist, claims that "public education is the key civil rights issue of the 21st century," but his art collection is a lesson in discrimination and exclusion. How can this exhibition be a legitimate survey of contemporary art with so few women and artists of color? Especially in Los Angeles! And at a public museum like LACMA!

Here are the stats:
BCAM, the Broad Contemporary Art Museum at LACMA:
30 artists, 97% white, 87% male
Broad Foundation collection:
194 artists, 96% white, 83% male

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and here's what artforum had to say about the ridiculousness of the opening... look! it's tom cruise! look! it's ellsworth kelly! and there goes christina aguilera, followed by richard serra! for christsake even spock was there.