Dutch museum renaming art for cultural sensitivity

This shit is bonkers.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/14/world/rijksmuseum-renaming-artworks/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

 

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"We had a text saying that Australia was discovered by a European man, but we all know that obviously Australia had existed for millions of years before any Europeans went there," says Gosselink.

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"For instance, many Dutch people don't understand why Eskimo is an offensive term, but it is, and indigenous people don't like to be called that way," says Gosselink.

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"It's a decision that was respectful of the history of the object, because you can't deny the original context, you need to take that into account and contextualize it."

How is the decision to alter historic works of art respectful of the history of the object? Sure, you can't deny the original context, but you can destroy it to some degree by changing it.

 

 

Damn, people are way too sensitive