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Chinatown Art Brigade

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The Artists Resisting the Gentrification of New York’s Chinatown 

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie February 15, 2023March 8, 2023

Chinatown Art Brigade’s largest show to date examines the history of anti-displacement organizing.

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Hundreds of Arts and Restaurant Workers Rally to Save Historic Chinatown Banquet Hall

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia March 2, 2021March 8, 2023

Protesters rallied today in support of Jing Fong, the neighborhood’s last unionized restaurant and a popular meeting ground for arts events.

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Museum of Chinese in America Should Reject “Jail Money,” Says Artist-Activist Group

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia October 1, 2020December 9, 2020

The letter, penned by Chinatown Art Brigade, condemns the “actions of MOCA leadership to sell out to mass incarceration in exchange for financial gain.”

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After a Protest at the 2019 Whitney Biennial Opening, Activists March to Warren Kanders’s Townhouse

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Jasmine Weber, Hakim Bishara and Hrag Vartanian May 18, 2019October 7, 2019

One protestor promised, “If you take peace from the people, we take peace from you.”

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Coalition of Anti-Gentrification Groups Pressures Brooklyn Museum to “Decolonize” [UPDATED]

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian April 5, 2018March 8, 2023

Anti-gentrification activists are calling on the museum to create a “Decolonization Commission” after a controversial curatorial hire.

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Protesters Return to James Cohan Gallery to Say Goodbye to “Omer Fast’s Racist Show”

by Elena Goukassian October 28, 2017March 17, 2018

Activists from as far away as Los Angeles and Vancouver came to Manhattan’s Chinatown to address the role of art galleries in gentrification.

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Artist Omer Fast Compares Protesters to Alt-Right, Chinatown Art Brigade Responds

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian October 19, 2017October 20, 2017

The artist released a statement after Sunday’s protests, and the protesters have responded.

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Chinatown Art Brigade Protests Omer Fast’s “Racist” Exhibition at James Cohan Gallery

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian October 16, 2017October 16, 2017

Dozens of people interrupted James Cohan Gallery’s Sunday hours to demand that the gallery and artist take down what the protesters see as “racist aggression towards the community of Chinatown.”

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Artist Omer Fast’s Take on Chinatown Angers Community Organizations

by Danielle Wu October 11, 2017October 11, 2017

Fast’s seemingly derelict interpretation of Chinatown businesses has drawn ire from local groups.

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Protesters Demand MoMA Drop Trump Advisor from Its Board

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian February 22, 2017February 23, 2017

Dozens of protesters are demanding MoMA remove the CEO of BlackRock from their board because of his ties to the Trump administration.

Posted inArt

A Brief History of the Art Collectives of NYC’s Chinatown

by Ryan Wong February 7, 2017March 8, 2023

Chinatown has long been a home to radical organizers and artists, collectives, and movements that have taken on questions of art production and displacement.

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Learning from Decolonize This Place

Avatar photo by Ilana Novick January 9, 2017

Artists and activists involved in the Decolonize This Place residency at Artists Space reflect on its successes and how they can be models for future actions.

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