Buyer's remorse, sort of

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Three Museums Have Cancelled Planned Jon Rafman Exhibitions Following Allegations of Sexual Misconduct

The artist has also been dropped by his Montreal gallery.

Three museums around the world have cancelled exhibitions by Jon Rafman in response to complaints on social media of alleged sexual misconduct by the acclaimed Canadian digital-media artist.

The museums—the Kunstverein Hannover; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC; and the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal—had each scheduled separate solo shows this year.

The museums took action after three women shared their recollections of sexual encounters with Rafman on the Instagram @surviving_the_artworld, which publishes allegations of abusive behavior in the art world.

The accusers are artist Anne-Marie Trépanier and arts administrator Emily Cadotte, both 28, and a third woman who has remained anonymous.

Each of the accusers suggest that the relationship with Rafman was characterized by a power imbalance that left them feeling uncomfortable.

In a post on the @surviving_the_artworld Instagram, Trépanier said she added Rafman as a Facebook friend in 2014, when she was 21. Later, at his invitation, she says she went to dinner with the artist, his mother, and an unnamed curator, after which she and Rafman slept together. She alleges that later sexual encounters (то есть продолжала есть кактус) left her feeling “disgusting, soiled… embarrassed, so embarrassed.”

In her accusations, Cadotte said she continued messaging with Rafman after an “uncomfortable” sexual encounter “because I saw him as a gatekeeper in the Montreal art scene that I so desperately wanted to be a part of.” 
(В самом деле, могла ли она поступить иначе, когда на кону такие ставки?!)

То есть насилия не было, принуждения не было, обмана не было, харассмента тоже не было. Просто дамам не понравилось, причем не сразу, а спустя, как водится, некоторое количество лет. Дамы задним числом ощутили 'power imbalance' и почувствовали себя 'uncomfortable', и теперь художнику хана.