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An Art Exhibition Featuring Michael Brown’s Body Has Many People Angry

by Claire Voon July 14, 2015July 17, 2015

Almost one year after the shooting of Michael Brown by former police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, the scene of Brown’s death has re-appeared in the form of an artwork in a Chicago gallery.

Smack Mellon's main gallery (photo courtesy Smack Mellon)
Posted inNews

Brooklyn Gallery Responds to Police Brutality With an Open Call

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton December 18, 2014February 12, 2015

The nonprofit art space Smack Mellon in Brooklyn’s Dumbo neighborhood is planning an open call exhibition in response to the non-indictments of the police officers who killed Mike Brown in Ferguson and Eric Garner in Staten Island, and the protests that followed.

Posted inNews

A Scramble to Save Protest Art, from Ferguson to Hong Kong

by Laura C. Mallonee December 12, 2014December 13, 2014

The protests in Hong Kong and Ferguson, like so many others, were both characterized by a strong presence of artists. Members from both communities are now rallying to save these creations.

The St. Louis Museum of Art (photo by mastahanky/Flickr)
Posted inIn Brief

St. Louis Museums Close Following Grand Jury Decision on Michael Brown Case

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton November 25, 2014November 25, 2014

Museums in St. Louis are closed today due to the protests that have been underway in the suburb of Ferguson since last night, when the grand jury in the Michael Brown murder case announced its decision not to indict officer Darren Wilson.

Posted inIn Brief

Protesters Disrupt St. Louis Symphony to Perform “Requiem for Mike Brown”

by Jillian Steinhauer October 7, 2014October 9, 2014

Last weekend, a flash mob of singers interrupted a concert of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra to stage a “Requiem for Mike Brown,” the unarmed teenager who was shot and killed by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, this past August.

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Would You Ignore 101 Chalk Outlines of a Black Male Body?

by Daniel Larkin August 25, 2014September 22, 2014

Whitney V. Hunter staged a performance as protest at Union Square on Saturday, August 24. He laid down on the cobbled square and traced his silhouette 101 times in chalk.

Posted inArt

Artists React to Ferguson and Its Discontents

by Claire Voon August 22, 2014August 26, 2014

As a black man played dead at the base of one of Philadelphia’s most iconic sculptures, tourists continued snapping photographs in front of the landmark, the intrusive body lying at their feet recalling that of the slain Michael Brown.

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