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|description_of_content=The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston invited visitors to wear and be photographed wearing a replica of the kimono in Claude Monet’s painting “La Japonaise" on Wednesday evenings from June 24, 2015, to July 29, 2015. A "Spotlight" talk, originally titled "Claude Monet: Flirting With the Exotic," was to accompany the interactive exhibit.
|description_of_content=The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston invited visitors to wear and be photographed wearing a replica of the kimono in Claude Monet’s painting “La Japonaise" on Wednesday evenings from June 24, 2015, to July 29, 2015. A "Spotlight" talk, originally titled "Claude Monet: Flirting With the Exotic," was to accompany the interactive exhibit.
|description_of_incident=Protestors, some affiliated with Decolonize Our Museums (formerly Stand Against Yellow Face) and active on social media, accused the museum of racism and cultural appropriation. Around two dozen engaged around a dozen counter-protestors, who supported the exhibit, in the gallery.
|description_of_incident=Protesters, some affiliated with Decolonize Our Museums (formerly Stand Against Yellow Face), accused the museum of racism and cultural appropriation via social media and live protests.
|description_of_result=The museum cancelled "Kimono Wednesdays." The accompany talk was then titled "Claud Monet: 'La Japonaise'", new talks were added, and visitors were only allowed to touch the kimonos, not wear them. The group Decolonize Our Museums states, as of December 2015, on its webpage, "Currently, we are in dialogue with new MFA director Matthew Teitelbaum to plan an event on cultural appropriation and exchange."
|description_of_result=The museum cancelled "Kimono Wednesdays." Visitors were only allowed to touch the kimonos. The museum also changed the title of the accompanying talk to "Claude Monet: 'La Japonaise.'"
 
Around one dozen counter-protesters (supporting the interactive exhibit) engaged around two dozen protesters in the gallery.
 
As of December 2015, The group "Decolonize Our Museums" states on its website, "Currently, we are in dialogue with new MFA director Matthew Teitelbaum to plan an event on cultural appropriation and exchange."
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Artist: Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Year: 2015

Date of Action: July 2015

Region: North America

Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion

Medium: Performance Art

Confronting Bodies: Decolonize Our Museums, formerly Stand Against Yellow Face (SAYF)

Description of Artwork: The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston invited visitors to wear and be photographed wearing a replica of the kimono in Claude Monet’s painting “La Japonaise" on Wednesday evenings from June 24, 2015, to July 29, 2015. A "Spotlight" talk, originally titled "Claude Monet: Flirting With the Exotic," was to accompany the interactive exhibit.

The Incident: Protesters, some affiliated with Decolonize Our Museums (formerly Stand Against Yellow Face), accused the museum of racism and cultural appropriation via social media and live protests.

Results of Incident: The museum cancelled "Kimono Wednesdays." Visitors were only allowed to touch the kimonos. The museum also changed the title of the accompanying talk to "Claude Monet: 'La Japonaise.'"

Around one dozen counter-protesters (supporting the interactive exhibit) engaged around two dozen protesters in the gallery.

As of December 2015, The group "Decolonize Our Museums" states on its website, "Currently, we are in dialogue with new MFA director Matthew Teitelbaum to plan an event on cultural appropriation and exchange."

Source:
• https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2015/07/18/counter-protesters-join-kimono-fray-mfa/ZgVWiT3yIZSlQgxCghAOFM/story.html,
• http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-33450391,
• http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2015/07/stop-orientalism-on-boston-mfas-kimono-wednesdays/,
• http://decolonizeourmuseums.tumblr.com,
• http://www.mfa.org/news/2015/july




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