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Sensitive to Art & its Discontents

Emma Sulkowicz

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Is the Art World Ready for the Sanctuary Movement?

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian August 31, 2018April 19, 2022

As New York cultural leaders listen to the concerns of immigrant communities, we talk about the challenges of immigrant advocacy in the art world, and then Zachary Small interviews Emma Sulkowicz about the #MeToo movement.

Posted inArt

Queer Identity in the MeToo Movement: A Conversation with Emma Sulkowicz

Avatar photo by Zachary Small August 31, 2018

Emma Sulkowicz stood up against rape culture three years before the Harvey Weinstein story broke, but most articles about “Mattress Performance” erased the artist’s queer identity. Why?

Emma Sulkowicz and the rules of engagement of "Mattress Performance (Carry That Weight)" (2014–15) (via Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inOpinion

Protest Art, and Institutional Support of It, Is More Vital Than Ever

by Jon Kessler September 26, 2017September 25, 2017

In the Trump era, the courage of artists like my former student, Emma Sulkowicz, and the institutions showing them is absolutely crucial.

Posted inNews

Student Accused of Rape by Mattress-Carrying Artist Sues Columbia University

by Jillian Steinhauer April 24, 2015April 29, 2015

A student has filed a lawsuit against Columbia University, its board of trustees, Columbia President Lee Bollinger, and art professor Jon Kessler, over Emma Sulkowicz’s senior thesis project.

Posted inArt

Two Weeks Into Performance, Columbia Student Discusses the Weight of Her Mattress

by Jillian Steinhauer September 17, 2014September 21, 2014

Last Friday afternoon, nearly 100 students rallied at Columbia University to protest the school’s policy on sexual assault. They held signs, wore red tape over their mouths, and brought mattresses — almost a dozen, some of which had messages written on them in red tape.

Posted inNews

Until Alleged Rapist Is Disciplined, Columbia Art Student Will Carry Mattress Around Campus

by Jillian Steinhauer September 3, 2014September 8, 2014

A Columbia University student who says she was raped in her dorm room on campus is launching a performance art piece to call attention to her experience as well as the larger epidemic of rape at US colleges.

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