After visiting the Whitney yesterday I changed three sentences from the Oiticica post, transcribing the exact quote from the Tropicalia card:

“The Whitney’s curatorial description card for Tropicália says “Tropicalia represented a political and aesthetic position against both the social conservatism of the right and the left desire for a 'purely Brazilian' art free of postcolonial oppression," neglecting to say that the movement occurred during a US-backed military coup that caused many of its practitioners to leave the country.  Are they attempting to say Oiticica and Caetano Veloso were okay with all or some 'postcolonial oppression?' a statement that would be factually inaccurate as it is absurd.”

..and..

“Their "protest" show is a characteristically all-American affair with no references to current wars”

I seriously don’t want to ever go to that museum again.  I would like to see it turned into a chicken farm so as not to disturb the meatpacking district further.  People can pay a nominal admission to visit the chickens and lounge on the balcony eating rotisserie, and the chicken farmers will have to treat the chickens well for the gawkers. They can also have a floor for tofu production.  I thought of pigs but there are no doubt many Jewish and Muslim donors that ponied up for the building.  Then when people talk about how great Shanghai etc are, New Yorkers can say they have a chicken farm designed by Renzo Piano.