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Re: Museum director allows naked visitors
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Tina Loo <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 16 Feb 2015 14:25:34 +0100
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well, then my response is 180 if it was a *private* showing (although it's
unclear *whose* privates were showing.)  anything should be ok so long as
it doesn't hurt/offend anyone, and the museum direction has a rudimentary
moral compass and the proposal falls within a *broad *interpretation
of their guidelines.

On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 1:16 PM, adelheid straten <
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>  Hi all,
>
> I have some pictures from the event (including the ridiculous situation of
> a fully dressed fem museum interpreter in front of several naked older
> men), but I was not intending to circulate them for Tina's reasons.
> By the way: This was a secluded tour. And for using the facilities in
> between, these guys had to cloak and uncloak again. :-)
>
> Christian
>
> Am 16.02.2015 um 12:38 schrieb Tina Loo:
>
> i don't think curators should allow exhibitions of *life imitating art* within
> exhibitions.  depending on the subject of *original* exhibition, it could
> lead to some very problematic situations, not the least of which is
> possibly offending other museum-goers.
>
> On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 10:42 AM, adelheid straten <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>  Dear all,
>>
>> the exhibition  "Das nackte Leben. Bacon, Freud, Hockney und andere" [tHE
>> NAKED LIFE: Bacon, Freud, Hockney and others. Paintings in London
>> 1950-1980] in Münster, Germany, was allowed to be visited by 61 naturalists
>> unhampered by clothes which had been left in a special ante-chamber
>> cloakroom.  The were welcomed by museum director Dr. Hermann Arnhold and
>> received a guided guided tour, some left their shoes and socks on, some yet
>> barfooted.
>>
>> Any comments?
>>
>> Christian
>>
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