Art Critics Need To Chill Out And Understand That The Broad Is A Gateway Museum

“The art press greeted the first installation/iteration of the permanent collection with a run of unexpectedly hostile skepticism; this results from the fact that, despite an adulation for buzzwords like ‘public engagement,’ ‘appeal to younger audiences,’ ‘cultural tourism,’ and ‘accessibility,’ in contemporary art discourse of late, those in power don’t actually like it all that much when paralegals from Pacoima show up with their kids. But that’s exactly who this glorious museum is for — those kids.”