Tate scrapes bottom of barrel in its drive for diversity, accepts TAMPONS as art

Oct 20, 2021

London’s Tate, apparently in its drive for diversity, has accepted a corporate donation of art that includes tampons. It discredits the gallery as a body which is supposed to preserve the best contemporary art for the nation.

Bolton Quinn agency announced in a press release on October 14 that the Tate had accepted new art pieces by five artists, including a work by Vietnamese-born artist Sung Tieu entitled “Filling Gaps.” It’s described as “Tampons from VEB Vliestextilien Lößnitztal, polished stainless-steel tube with framed Work Contract, stamp on digital print, framed, 25 x 1200 x 25 mm”. Although the press release does not tell us, we can presume the tampons are unused. Menstruation has been the subject of feminist art since the 1960s.

More baffling is a collection of “natural stones and fruit,” entitled The Echo of an Ancient Form of Knowledge. This “art work” is by Edgar Calel from Guatemala.

https://www.rt.com/op-ed/537908-tate-modern-tampons-art-diversity/