When I criticize Joseph Beuys or Francis Bacon, nobody calls those opi…

Jerry Saltz
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When I criticize Joseph Beuys or Francis Bacon, nobody calls those opinions anti-male. Putting female artists or their subject matter off-limits is itself sexist and limiting.
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