I just saw this article today where (asian guy) Ryan Wong claims to have created (white guy) Joe Scanlan who created (black woman) Donelle Wooford and got "her" into the 2014 Whitney Biennial. I'm sure you are saying "what the fuck is going on here?" Well, Wong is being satirical, but sadly Scanlan is real and really did create Wooford and really did get his creation into a biennial shockingly lacking in diversity.

I'd love to hear what people make of this whole thing.

It seems like no matter how hard the other art subs try, they can never seem to really get in depth discussions going. A thread here or there will be insightful, but the basic tone of those subs always veers away from art as an academic pursuit; the intellectual side of art is ignored and/or resisted.

The hope is that here we can gather those interested in discussion in one place, where you come when you are in the mood to flex your brain instead of look at cat pictures (not that there's anything wrong with that). This sub is about art's place in the world, and not about getting your own work validated.