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Barbara Kruger, cover for New York Magazine (November 2016)

In the first 24 hours following Donald Trump’s election as the next president of the United States, the response among many who’d hoped and voted for a different outcome was mostly numbing and immobilizing shock. But in the following 24 hours, shock turned turned to anger and determination, a galvanizing desire to fight for change and a better world than the one that President-elect Trump plans to create. Tens of thousands took to the streets around the country, many concerned citizens planned actions and events in the days, weeks, and months to come, and many artists went back to making art — saddened, certainly, but also emboldened rather than defeated.

Christina Massey

Broken Heart of a Nasty Woman 11/9/16 #depressed #2016election #heartbroken #heart #imwithher #fuckyouusa #nastywoman

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The Illuminator

Bill Adams

#billadams #billadams9 I’m right here. Son of a Jewish immigrant married to the beautiful daughter of a Jewish immigrant. Standing against the tyrant misogynistic preppie fuck liar Bigot who is Not my president. I will not cower. I’m Right. here. ??sad but confident.

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Sam Vernon

Knowledge is a prescription against despair

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Liana Finck

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Molly Crabapple

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Charles Lutz

“The End is Here” Oil on canvas 48 x 48″ 2016

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David Shrigley

Apple pie

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Jason Polan

Just an update on me since so many of you are asking (nobody’s asking)–I’m in my “drawing James Carville yelling on a honeydew” stage.

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Elbow Toe

Well I got a reason to do street art again. Daily acts of continuing a conversation. The tension in the air is palpable as we brace for what will come next. I am finding it difficult because there are people I know that I am sure voted for T but they also are friends or family. I have a kid with special needs, we have lots of friends with children with special needs. I find it difficult to stomach talking to these people who are supposed to care about us and our children and yet can get behind a man that openly makes fun of the disabled. #streetart #postelection #text #art #streetart #brooklyn #ny #usa #elbowtoe #bully #bullyculture

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Alex Nuñez

I can’t even look at you rn

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Tauba Auerbach

The end of reason

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Hardy Stewart

Make America Hate Again ???? #imwithhurt

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Sam Moyer

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Julia Oldham

A sketch of the ghost bird’s grief (an animation frame). . #juliaoldham #ivorybilledwoodpecker #extinction #everglades #birds #grief #drawing #animation #airieverglades

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Fanny Allié

#streetfind #trash #nyc

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Steve ESPO Powers

Theres a lot of love and unity in Brooklyn today, people are watching out for each other and being patient and polite. And at ESPO’s Art World we are making the feels the deal with the real and giving YOU the real deal on feels EVERY DAY ALL DAY. Today im pushing a rack of feels that are tailored to fit your mood to a T.100% ring spun cotton with quality content that is hand pulled in the home of relevant social comment, BROOOKLYN! S, M, L, XL $40 +shipping, Link in the Buy-O. ESPO’s ART WORLD, Service is our only product. OPEN TO GET YOU OPEN SOON!

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Zoe Buckman

?PROTEST TONIGHT ?Union Sq 6-9pm NYC. Will it change anything? Nah. But it will show the world we don’t support this. And it will feel good to stand together. #notmypresident

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Will Pappenheimer

@DemosPopuli – http://www.lanfrancoaceti.com/2016/10/demos-populi/

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Hope Gangloff

Morning coffee vibe. Not sure which Anti-Trump project to work on first in studio today so i can clock out at a normal hour and get back to manhattan in time to scream my face off for another couple hours. Where’s the party tonight? Lemme know- cause I just woke up. #notourpresident Last night, I saw a sign that read “TOMORROW THERE WILL BE MORE OF US”.

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D*Face

The circus has arrived and we’re all going… like it or not.

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Lee Russell

On The Inside 24″ x 48″

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Liz Glynn

apparently progress is not a given #staringintotheabyss … and it’s in fact reversible.

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Wangechi Mutu

NRB Surreel IX Gutted and unprepared for how awful this feels! All I can say is Keep hope alive..for those who work so hard to be truth tellers and healers and peacemakers.. creators and unifiers!.. let us not give up! The earth needs us now more then ever!

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Brennen Bechtol

i approve of this message #trumpisafartface

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The Moving Company

The Moving Company is devastated. We’re gonna start a new social project in crown heights next month whoever wants to join – msg us

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Carey Dunne

Carey Dunne is a Brooklyn-based writer covering arts and culture. Her work has appeared in The Guardian, The Baffler, The Village Voice, and elsewhere.

Benjamin Sutton

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