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Boyle Heights Alliance Against Artwashing and Displacement

Members of Boyle Heights Alliance Against Artwashing and Displacement (BHAAAD) protest at the Whitney Museum during Laura Owens's opening on Wednesday, November 8. (screenshot by the author via YouTube)
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Anti-Gentrification Activists Protest Laura Owens Exhibition at the Whitney Museum

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton November 10, 2017November 11, 2017

An alliance of activists from Los Angeles and New York highlighted the role of the artist and her dealer, Gavin Brown, in artwashing the gentrification of working-class neighborhoods.

Posted inOpinion

A Boyle Heights Alliance Challenges Charles Gaines and Other Artists for Ignoring Local Voices

Avatar photo by Hyperallergic May 31, 2017June 5, 2017

This open letter was sent to Hyperallergic by Boyle Heights Alliance Against Artwashing and Displacement, in response to an article by Charles Gaines, earlier this month.

Posted inNews

Boyle Heights Activists Question LAPD’s Hate Crime Charge

by Matt Stromberg December 2, 2016

After the words “Fuck White Art” were anonymously spray-painted on the roll-up gate of Nicodim Gallery, the LAPD said it would treat the act of vandalism as a hate crime.

Posted inNews

Activists in LA’s Boyle Heights Serve Galleries with Eviction Notices

by Matt Stromberg September 22, 2016September 23, 2016

LOS ANGELES — “No one is an innocent actor in the fine art of gentrification,” said a woman with a bandana covering her face, as she stood with dozens of protesters last Saturday evening outside of Museum as Retail Space, a gallery in the Eastside neighborhood of Boyle Heights.

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Anti-Gentrification Coalition Calls for Galleries to Leave LA’s Boyle Heights

by Matt Stromberg July 28, 2016July 29, 2016

LOS ANGELES — The latest development in the debate over art and gentrification in Boyle Heights took place earlier this month, when a public forum was held at the Pico Gardens complex, part of the largest public housing bloc west of the Mississippi.

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