Collier Gwin initially faced a misdemeanor battery charge after he was caught spraying down the woman in a video that went viral.
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Artist Honors Unhoused Woman Hosed Down by SF Dealer
Courtney Desiree Morris staged a thoughtful performance as “a reckoning with the violence” of the gallerist’s actions.
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SF Gallery Owner Blasted for Hosing Down Unhoused Woman
Foster Gwin Gallery has deactivated its social media accounts since its owner, Collier Gwin, was filmed spraying down a woman on the sidewalk.
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Shedding Light on Homelessness Through Artistic Ingenuity
The unhoused can teach a masterclass on survival — and that we are all just one stroke of bad luck away from the same fate.
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A Vision for Sustainable Housing and Design in Los Angeles
The architecture firm Brooks + Scarpa makes the case for greater building density and more sustainable design practices to combat the region’s acute housing shortage.
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An Art Program in Los Angeles Proposes Ways to Address Homelessness
The Goethe-Institut has partnered with the Los Angeles Poverty Department in organizing Worlds of Homelessness, a weeklong interdisciplinary series of events featuring artists, architects, advocates, and performers.
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Confronting Homelessness Close to Home, with Help from Martha Rosler
SEATTLE — “Home Prices Bring Smiles, Tears.” “Anti-Homeless Attacks Won’t Solve Problem.” When I saw these headlines running across the Seattle Times and Seattle Weekly newspapers earlier this month, a single sentence flashed through my mind, on repeat: “Housing is a human right.”
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Peekaboo, the NYPD Is Watching You!
The New York Police Department (NYPD) wants to regain the trust of the New Yorkers it alienated with recent controversies like “Stop-and-Frisk” and the killing of Eric Garner.
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Building Tiny Houses for the Homeless
Most of us tend to associate the tiny-house phenomenon more with hipsters than with the homeless, but the architectural trend may offer a way to help people on the streets get back on their feet.
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Coffin Beds and Penny Sleeps: An Exhibition on Victorian Homelessness
Over a century later, the voices of those taking refuge in the tomb-like beds of a Victorian homeless shelter are difficult to resuscitate, their experiences only echoed in the recordings of outsiders.
