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Decolonize This Place
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LGBTQ Activists Attacked by Trump Supporters While Leaving NYC Art Space
A group of people leaving the closing party of Decolonize This Place at the Tribeca nonprofit Artists Space were attacked by men who identified themselves as supporters of Donald Trump.
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#DecolonizeThisPlace Pens an Open Letter to the Incoming Director of Artists Space
An open letter to the new director of Artists Space from the people involved in the Decolonize This Place residency.
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Over 120 Protesters Ask Artis Nonprofit to Clarify "Organization’s Position by Signing onto BDS"
Protesters marched to the offices of Artis, a New York-based arts nonprofit that organizes trips for arts professionals to Israel, demanding the group demonstrate they're not part of a larger movement to normalize the occupation of Palestinian lands.
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#DecolonizeThisPlace Demands Removal of Natural History Museum’s Roosevelt Statue [UPDATED]
Over 200 people took part in the Decolonize This Place tour of the American Museum of Natural History, and joined the rally outside the museum to remove the controversial Roosevelt statue.
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Anti-Columbus Day Activist Targets Guggenheim's Gold Toilet
A protester took it upon themselves to mark one of the most glaring symbols of contemporary art excess and decadence — Maurizio Cattelan's gold toilet at the Guggenheim Museum — with a "Decolonize This Place" sticker.