State of the Art or Art of the State?

Art institutions are moving backward, trading critical insight for bureaucratic KPIs. From the political "sanitization" of narratives to the enforcement of "social legibility," museums have become instruments of ideology rather than sites of inquiry.

When success is measured by visitor quotas and sponsor appeal, risk becomes a liability and complexity an inconvenience. We are witnessing the rebranding of the Art of the State as the State of the Art. To survive, we must reject this "ridiculous game" of compliance and recalibrate toward friction, dissent, and absolute agency.

Art is not a service. Art is power. Bureaucracy—GO TO HELL.