> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://hyperallergic.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Week in Review: Nan Goldin Arrested at Protest, Artists Protest at Hudson Yards - URL: https://hyperallergic.com/week-in-review-nan-goldin-arrested-at-protest-artists-protest-at-hudson-yards/ - Published: 2019-08-30T11:00:54.000Z - Updated: 2025-11-24T16:39:26.000Z - Description: Also, an artist is building a cemetery and a memorial in Tunisia for migrants who have died in the Mediterranean Sea, some of the photographs claiming to depict the Amazon rainforest fire are fake, and more. - Author: Jasmine Weber - Tags: News, Week in Review, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:34 (2019, 2020, part 1) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2019/08/img_0386-2.jpg) Protesters outside of Governor Cuomo’s office on August 28 (all photos by Jasmine Weber for Hyperallergic) *Week in Review is a weekly collection of news, developments, and stirrings in the art world.* [*Subscribe*](https://hyperallergic.com/newsletters?utm%5Fsource=page&utm%5Fcampaign=artmovements) *to receive these posts as a weekly newsletter.* Artist Nan Goldin was one of multiple activists arrested by the NYPD during a protest outside of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office. The activists are calling on the governor to establish overdose prevention centers to combat the growing opioid epidemic. | [Hyperallergic](https://hyperallergic.com/artist-nan-goldin-arrested-in-protest-outside-governor-cuomos-office-in-nyc/) Earlier this month, reports surfaced that Stephen Ross would be [hosting a fundraiser for President Donald Trump](https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/08/business/stephen-ross-trump-fundraiser/index.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) in Southampton, carrying a $100,000 price tag. Since, a number of artists with plans to collaborate with the Shed, the Hudson Yards artist space for which Ross is a board member, have joined in on protests. Duo Zackary Drucker + A.L. Steiner announced last week they would be [withdrawing](https://observer.com/2019/08/the-shed-open-call-protest-zackary-drucker-a-l-steiner-stephen-ross/?ref=hyperallergic.com) from the Shed’s Open Call show, which invited underrepresented artists to exhibit their work. Designer brand Rag & Bone decided to [ditch](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2019/aug/15/new-york-fashion-week-rag-and-bone-hudson-yards-stephen-ross-trump?ref=hyperallergic.com) its Fashion Week slot in the Shed’s mainspace. DJ [Thanushka Yakupitiyage](https://thanushka.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com) held a performance at the Shed to bring attention to issues of “decolonization” and immigration policy. | [Hyperallergic](https://hyperallergic.com/in-dj-performance-artist-asks-hudson-yards-to-decolonize-the-shed/) UMB Bank is suing a city in Rhode Island for refusing to house ICE detainees at an affiliated detention center. The bank’s CEO, Mariner Kemper, is also a trustee of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Missouri. | [Hyperallergic](https://hyperallergic.com/wyatt-detention-center/) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2019/08/koraichi_4.jpg) An unmarked grave of an anonymous drowned migrant. Rachid Koraichi, a Paris-based Algerian artist noted for his work on memory sites, is building a cemetery and a memorial in Tunisia for migrants who have died in the Mediterranean Sea en route to Europe. Although the project is scheduled to open next spring, in July of this year, Koraichi buried 56 bodies of drowned migrants after he was approached by the Tunisian authorities. | [Hyperallergic](https://hyperallergic.com/to-mourn-the-lives-of-drowned-migrants-an-artist-builds-a-cemetery-in-tunisia/) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2019/08/48594167912_c67f6f3690_k.jpg) Fires in Brazil documented by NASA’s Aqua satellite in mid-August 2019 (image via NASA/Flickr) A number of viral photographs claiming to depict the fire devastating Brazil’s Amazon rainforest are being falsely attributed. | [Hyperallergic](https://hyperallergic.com/those-photos-of-the-amazon-burning-not-all-of-them-are-real/) After an exhibition at the Aichi Triennial was targeted by threats of violence, it was shuttered. In a public statement, a group of artists subsequently demanded their artwork be removed in an act of solidarity to uphold freedom of expression. Now, Daisuke Tsuda, the artistic director of the Aichi Triennial, has released a letter addressing the controversy, saying, “The closure of the exhibition was a decision to prioritize the lives of visitors and staff who were in a position of imminent danger. Our greatest respect for freedom of expression, however, has remained constant throughout.” | [Hyperallergic](https://hyperallergic.com/artistic-director-of-aichi-triennial-responds-to-artists/) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2019/08/pissarro-piece-deau-a-kew.jpg) Camille Pissarro, “Pièce d’eau à Kew, Londres” (1892) oil on canvas, 18 1/8 x 21 5/8 inches (courtesy High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Doris and Shouky Shaheen Collection) Atlanta’s [**High Museum of Art**](https://resnicow.com/client-news/atlantans-doris-and-shouky-shaheen-donate-their-impressionist-paintings-collection-high?ref=hyperallergic.com) has accepted a donation of 24 Impressionist paintings by masters like **Henri Matisse, Claude Monet, Amedeo Modigliani, Camille Pissarro**, and **Pierre-Auguste Renoir**, among others, from local philanthropists Doris and Shouky Shaheen. The High will house the works in its new Doris and Shouky Shaheen Gallery in its Stent Family Wing beginning in 2020. This and other notable sales and acquisitions are chronicled in our latest [**Transactions**](https://wp.me/p837MR-29UZ?ref=hyperallergic.com) story. *Learn about other opportunities you can apply for this month in our latest “*[*Opportunities for Artists in August 2019*](https://wp.me/p837MR-299W?ref=hyperallergic.com)*.”* ## This Week in the Art World ![GDM5](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2016/07/gdm5.jpg) Installation view of Gabriel de la Mora’s Sound Inscriptions on Fabric at the Drawing Center (photo by Claire Voon for Hyperallergic) **Ylinka Barotto** and **Frauke V. Josenhans** joined **Rice University’s Moody Center** as curators. | via email announcement **Genesis Belanger, Emily Mae Smith**, **Claire** **Tabouret**, and **Gabriel** **de la Mora** are now represented by **Perrotin** gallery. | [*The Art Newspaper*](https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/perrotin-picks-up-four-new-artists-post-kaws?ref=hyperallergic.com) **Mark A. Castro** was named the **Dallas Museum of Art**‘s first Jorge Baldor Curator of Latin American Art. | via email announcement **Harry Gould Harvey IV**, **Brandon** **Ndife**, and **Diane Severin Nguyen** are now represented by **Bureau gallery**. | via email announcement **Andrea Joyce Heimer**, **Anthony Hudson,** **Adair** **Rutledge**, **Lynne** **Siefert**, and **Anthony White** were selected as finalists for this year’s **Betty Bowen Award**, granted by the **Seattle Art Museum** and **Betty Bowen Committee**. | via email announcement **Taryn Kaschock Russell** was named director of the **Harkness Dance Center** at the **92nd Street Y**. | via email announcement **Ragnar Kjartansson** was awarded Finland’s 2019 **Ars Fennica Prize**. | via email announcement **Marie A. Longo** was appointed director of development and external relations for the **Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University**. | via email announcement **Solveig Øvstebø** has stepped down from her role as director of the **University of Chicago**’s Renaissance Society. | [*ARTnews*](http://www.artnews.com/2019/08/26/solveig-ovstebo-steps-down-renaissance-society/?ref=hyperallergic.com) **Claire Richardso**n was appointed executive director of the **Australian Center for Contemporary Art. |** [*Artforum*](https://www.artforum.com/news/claire-richardson-named-executive-director-of-the-australian-center-for-contemporary-art-80568?ref=hyperallergic.com) **Celeste Yim** was awarded the **2019 Canadian Women Artists’ Award**. | via email announcement **Wang Zineng** was appointed **Bonhams**‘s head of Modern and Contemporary Art, Asia. | [*Art Asia Pacific* ](http://artasiapacific.com/News/BonhamsNamesWangZinengHeadOfModernAndContemporaryArtAsia?ref=hyperallergic.com) ## In Memoriam Richard Booth (1938–2019), used bookseller who transformed a Welsh town into a literary hub | [Smithsonian Magazine](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/remembering-richard-booth-who-transformed-welsh-town-kingdom-used-books-180973010/?ref=hyperallergic.com) Mario Davidovsky (1934–2019), Pulitzer Prize-winning composer | [*NYT*](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/28/arts/music/mario-davidovsky-dead.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) Ann Gish Phillips (1948–2019), luxury bedding designer | [Architectural Digest](https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/ann-gish-luxury-bedding-pioneer-has-died?ref=hyperallergic.com) Wang Guodong (1931–2019), Mao Zedong’s portraitist | [*NYT*](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/28/world/asia/wang-guodong-dead.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) Werner Kramarsky (1926–2019), drawings collector and arts patron | [ARTnews](http://www.artnews.com/2019/08/23/wynn-kramarsky-dead/?ref=hyperallergic.com) Eliseo Mattiacci (1940–2019), sculptor | [*Artforum*](https://www.artforum.com/news/eliseo-mattiacci-1940-2019-80578?ref=hyperallergic.com) Charles Santore (1935–2019), illustrator best known for his children’s books | [Publishers Weekly](https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/80933-obituary-charles-santore.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) Orlando Suero (1925–2019), Hollywood photographer | [People](https://people.com/movies/orlando-suero-hollywood-photographer-dies/?ref=hyperallergic.com) Isabel Toledo (1960–2019), fashion designer and entrepreneur | [Washington Post](https://beta.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2019/08/27/isabel-toledos-inauguration-wardrobe-michelle-obama-exuded-optimism-historic-moment/?ref=hyperallergic.com)