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Decolonize This Place Announces January 26 Town Hall Regarding Whitney Museum’s Tear Gas Problem
The group’s recent letter calls for continued action, adding “Inaction with respect to the art-washing industrial complex of contemporary art makes our field complicit with death, disaster, and destruction.”
The Whitney’s Dilemma
The Whitney has not had the moral courage to reject support from a benefactor who generated his wealth in socially irresponsible ways.
Artist Mounts Guerrilla Art Exhibition at Whitney Calling for Removal of Vice Chairman
Following Sunday’s large protest by Decolonize This Place, artists quietly installed an unauthorized exhibition calling on the museum to drop weapons manufacturer Warren Kanders from its board of trustees.
Activists Protest at Whitney Museum, Demanding Vice Chairman and Owner of Tear Gas Manufacturer “Must Go”
Members and supporters of activist group Decolonize This Place emphasized that Warren Kanders is only a symptom of a larger problem.
Decolonize This Place Plans Action at the Whitney Opposing Tear Gas Manufacturer on Museum Board
After Whitney Museum director Adam Weinberg published a letter to the public asserting the museum, “cannot right all the ills of an unjust world,” Decolonize This Place organized a December 9 protest in solidarity with Whitney staffers.
Whitney Museum Staffers Demand Answers After Vice Chair’s Relationship to Tear Gas Manufacturer Is Revealed
Three days after Hyperallergic published an article detailing the Whitney Museum’s connection to the ongoing migrant crisis at the US-Mexico border, more than 100 staffers at the Manhattan-based museum have signed a letter demanding that their employers respond to the article’s allegations.
A Whitney Museum Vice Chairman Owns a Manufacturer Supplying Tear Gas at the Border
Warren B. Kanders, a vice chairman at the Whitney Museum of American Art, purchased defense manufacturer “Safariland” in 2012 for $124 million.
Andy Warhol’s Friends Reminisce About the Artist at the Whitney Museum
This Friday, The Whitney will host a conversation with acquaintances of Andy Warhol on their personal experiences and interactions with the artist.
Who Was Artist David Wojnarowicz? We Find Out
After two actions led by ACT UP activists encouraged the Whitney Museum to change a wall label, we went looking for people who could tell us who Wojnarowicz was and help us decipher his complex life and art.
Rituals of Liberation Intended to Unsettle at the Whitney Museum
Last night’s performance at the Whitney Museum reminded the audience that they are all on unceded indigenous land, while exploring the implication of settler colonialism.
Whitney Museum Launches Emoji Designed by Laura Owens
The new pack of 50 stickers is based on a series of ceramic sculptures Owens made based on the beloved facial icons.