Warren Kanders

Opinion

Forensic Architecture's Documentary on Kanders Doesn’t Absolve the Whitney Museum

A documentary at the 79th Whitney Biennial may detail horrors funded by the Whitney’s own chairperson Warren Kanders, but don’t applaud the museum for the self-criticism.

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After a Protest at the 2019 Whitney Biennial Opening, Activists March to Warren Kanders's Townhouse

One protestor promised, “If you take peace from the people, we take peace from you.”

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Forensic Architecture's Project at Whitney Biennial Reveals Museum Vice Chair’s Company May Be Complicit in War Crimes

The research group looks into the potential use of Sierra Bullets-manufactured bullets in Gaza, which prompted a response from the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights.

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Activist Arrested During Protest on Subway Ride to the Whitney Museum for Protest Against Warren Kanders [UPDATED]

The protesters occupied the C subway line from East New York to Chelsea, and were confronted with large police forces at the final stop. One protester was arrested.

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A Closer Look Into the Whitney Museum's Board

The weapons manufacturer isn't the only board member with ties to war profiteering and the Trump administration at a progressive institution like the Whitney Museum.

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Student Organizations Occupy the Whitney's Lobby to Demand the Ousting of Warren Kanders

The students drew parallels and connections between the museum's board of trustee's vice chair and other board members at their universities

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Almost 50 Whitney Biennal Artists Sign Letter Demanding Removal of Warren Kanders from Museum Board

Over 100 artists, including participants of the upcoming biennial, have added their signatures to an open letter released earlier this month calling for the removal of the weapons manufacturer as a vice chair.

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A Musical Protest at the Whitney Museum Focuses on Puerto Rico

“The Whitney is being funded by war waged on our homeland,” one protester said.

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A Heated Fifth Week of Protest at the Whitney Museum Centers Palestinian Liberation

Protesters were challenged by disgruntled museumgoers, youth organizers performed a Dabka, and activists gave impassioned speeches about Whitney vice chair Warren Kanders's association with Palestine through weapons companies.

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Decolonize This Place Holds a Pizza Party in the Whitney Museum

Two Sudanese students, along with an activist greatly involved in curtailing the gentrification of Brooklyn, offered impassioned teach-ins on their causes at the potluck.

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"The Institution Should Not Be Safe As Long As We Are Not Safe": A Third Week of Protests at the Whitney

One activist called the protest an opportunity for museumgoers to consider "the role that our cultural institutions play in our everyday decisions and choices, and the effect that that has.”

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Whitney Biennial Participants Discuss the Use of Safariland Weapons in Gaza

Images emerging from a rally at the Gaza-Israeli border today suggest that the Israeli military fired sponge round projectiles produced by the Safariland Group, a company owned by the Whitney Museum’s Vice Chairman.