MAXIMILÍANO DURÓN/ARTNEWS
A Whitney Biennial Controversy Continues
Coco Fusco makes a case for why Hannah Black’s call for the censorship and destruction of Dana Schutz’s painting of Emmett Till’s open casket funeral is “wrongheaded.” [Hyperallergic]
“Cretinizing” is the word Gary Indiana would use to describe the ongoing Schutz Whitney Biennial controversy. [Affidavit]
Meanwhile, the pandemonium surrounding the Schutz painting has led Roberta Smith to wonder, “Should art that infuriates be removed?” [The New York Times]
And you know who else has some thoughts? Whoopi Goldberg, who thinks Black should be “ashamed” of herself. Note: The version of the links sent via email earlier today incorrectly stated that Goldberg criticized Schutz. We apologize for the error. [Hyperallergic]
Artists Around the World
Oskar Hult, Jonas Silfversten Bergman, and Josefine Östberg Olsson are the winners of this year’s Fredrik Roos Art Prize. [Artforum]
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye discusses her naturalistic, spare portraits of black sitters, which will be the subject of a New Museum show this summer. [Vogue]
Richard Brody reviews Agnès Varda’s show at Blum & Poe gallery in New York. [The New Yorker]
Internet Culture
A look at how a group of 4chan users effectively trolled Shia LaBeouf’s anti-Trump art piece out of existence. [The New Yorker]
A new installation by So Kanno and yang02 at the Yamaguchi Center for the Arts in Japan can be controlled remotely by internet users. [The Verge]
Museum Expansions
Work on the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s $196-million expansion has begun. [ABC 6 Philadelphia]
The Seattle Times’ editorial board comes out in support of the Seattle Art Museum’s renovation, which has been controversial because it would change the look of a Frederick Law Olmsted–designed park. [The Seattle Times]
Questionable Public Art
A sculpture known as Origin in Belfast has won Spectator magazine’s “What’s That Thing?” award. [BBC News]
That “Fearless Girl” sculpture-cum–PR-stunt that stares down a Wall Street bull statue? It’s not going anywhere, says Bill de Blasio. [DNAInfo]