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Warren Kanders, Former Whitney Museum Vice Chair, Vows to Exit Tear Gas Trade

by Hakim Bishara June 9, 2020November 5, 2020

Kanders, who was ousted from the Whitney board last summer after months of protest, says he will sell certain divisions of Safariland.

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In IRS Complaint, Attorney Accuses Whitney Museum of “Smear Campaign” Against Warren Kanders

by Hakim Bishara May 18, 2020May 19, 2020

Neal Sher accuses the Whitney’s leadership of being complicit in “unlawful conduct, harassment, threats and intimidation” against Kanders. He was disbarred by the District of Columbia in 2003 but practices in New York after a period of disciplinary suspension.

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After Kanders: Reflecting on the 2019 Whitney Tear Gas Biennial

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian October 7, 2019April 14, 2022

As this year’s Whitney Biennial wraps up, we invited Hyperallergic critics and reporters to reflect on a tumultuous exhibition.

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Tackling Gentrification and Other Injustices Through Landscape Painting

by Julia Friedman August 26, 2019January 22, 2020

Eddie Arroyo decidedly updates the genre of American landscape painting, recording real-estate developments and gentrification and capturing the flux of contemporary urban landscapes.

Posted inOpinion

After Kanders, Decolonization Is the Way Forward

by Decolonize This Place July 30, 2019January 22, 2020

Activist organization Decolonize This Place believes “the museum can be made responsive to people rather than to the dictates of capital, that it can foster creativity and memory rather than functioning as a tool to launder the reputations of the ultra-wealthy.”

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Safariland Tear Gas Was Allegedly Used Against Protesters in Puerto Rico [UPDATED]

by Hakim Bishara July 30, 2019January 22, 2020

During political protests across San Juan, Puerto Rico, police have fired tear gas and rubber bullets manufactured by weapons companies owned by Warren Kanders.

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Artists No Longer Request Their Work to be Withdrawn from Whitney Biennial

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Jasmine Weber and Zachary Small July 25, 2019July 26, 2019

In the wake of Warren Kanders’s resignation from the board of trustees, the eight artists wrote to the museum curators permitting their work to remain in the galleries.

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Warren Kanders Resigns From Whitney Museum Board After Months of Controversy and Protest [UPDATED]

Avatar photo by Zachary Small July 25, 2019July 25, 2019

Warren Kanders’s wife, Allison, simultaneously resigned from the museum’s painting and sculpture committee. The news comes after months of protests and an emerging boycott, with eight artists withdrawing from the 2019 Whitney Biennial.

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As Artists Withdraw From the Whitney Biennial Over Kanders Controversy, Others Refuse the Call to Boycott

Avatar photo by Zachary Small July 24, 2019July 24, 2019

Laura Ortman, Thirza Cuthand, Brendan Fernandes, Marcus Fischer, Nibia Pastrana Santiago, and Maia Ruth Lee have publicly announced their intention to stay in the biennial despite calls for a boycott.

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Forensic Architecture Says It Has Found Bullet Linking Whitney Vice Chair to Violence in Gaza, Withdraws from Biennial

Avatar photo by Zachary Small July 20, 2019July 22, 2019

“After this discovery, what may have started as the Tear Gas Biennial is now the Sierra Bullet Biennial,” a Forensic Architecture researcher told Hyperallergic.

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Eight Artists Withdraw Their Work From 2019 Whitney Biennial [UPDATED]

Avatar photo by Zachary Small July 20, 2019July 25, 2019

Korakrit Arunanondchai, Meriem Bennani, Nicole Eisenman, and Nicholas Galanin say that the museum has failed to adequately respond to the Warren Kanders controversy. Following the announcement, Eddie Arroyo, Christine Sun Kim, Agustina Woodgate, and Forensic Architecture announced their withdrawal.

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Forensic Architecture Says Warren Kanders Is One Part of a Web of Possible War Crimes in Gaza

Avatar photo by Zachary Small May 27, 2019October 26, 2020

Members of the research group say their “Triple-Chaser” video at the Whitney Biennial is part of an ongoing investigation into violence at the Israeli-Palestinian border.

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