The art fraternity in India has responded with outrage, calling Jones everything from a 'blowhard doofus' to a 'waste of time' and 'agonisingly
A day before acclaimed Indian artist Bhupen Khakhar’s five-month long retrospective begins on June 1, UK daily The Guardian’s Jonathan Jones wrote off the exhibition and the works of the Indian master, accusing the Tate Modern gallery (London) of wasting space on the show, incidentally titled Bhupen Khakhar: You Can’t Please All.
- Art critic and curator Girish Shahne wrote on Facebook: ‘I'm always puzzled when people post articles by Jonathan Jones on their timelines, because I think he's a blowhard doofus. This piece has settled any doubts I had on that score’.
- To this, gallerist and curator Saloni Doshi wrote ‘How dare he call it a 'waste of space'. He is a waste of time!’ Gallerist Shireen Gandhy added: ‘So agonisingly embarrassingly ignorant.’
- Writer Gigi Carcia on Twitter said, ‘so @guardian just went fully racist/homophobic and called Bhupen Khakhar's work tripe. what dugna lagaan is this?’