Have read it all over and as well twice now and I agree in all your views, reactions and as well your well reflected words, ( except that I don't know Mr.Wim Pijbes and haven't heard him since I live in Norway already for a half "lifetime " and not in my old home country Holland anymore. But I know Rijksmuseum and people "listen” to " chiefs" ! Norway is so different and far outside " Europe" in many ways. Honestly I get quite scared about what a simple " Banana " can do in a short week all over the world and create MOOVEMENT in people all over our poor globe! YES SCARED! Cartoons from the Middle East countries with Trump as a banana and taped on the wall are funny of course while people cry blood.. Anyhow..the empty shell of a banana, after it's eaten, is probably nothing more than waste to sort. Let's hope Michelangelo soul and ART will survive and stay a few centuries more than an empty shell of a banana at least!
I agree with your views, Bert!
Except for one thing: you should not feel personally offended by it. Just because a relatively small but vociferous group of wealthy speculative investors happens to call this sort of thing 'art', it does not mean it really is art. It is not. It does not reflect on real artists and their work in any way and it should not be given that honour.
Dear Erik and Maritha, I feel flattered by your comments. My sadness regards that many so called 'art popes' have gone into a coma. And I wanted to react to that.
I absolutely agree with your view Bert!
a story of an enormous sadness that debases the so-called art world. A pseudo-Dadaist action delayed by a century. A real low quality trash