Artist Michael Rakowitz Protests MoMA Trustees by Altering Work at PS1 After Being Denied Request to Hit ‘Pause’
The museum allegedly pressed play on the work shortly afterward.
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Artist Pulls Out of MoMA PS1 Exhibition Amid Protests Over Museum’s Alleged Connections to Mass Incarceration
Phil Collins said he was removing his work in solidarity with people who are detained.
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Activists Interrupt MoMA Opening Party, Urging Museum, Trustee to Cut Alleged Ties to Private Prisons
"For us, removing Fink from the board doesn't get rid of mass incarceration," one activist said.
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In Open Letter, 220 Artists, Academics, Curators Denounce MoMA’s ‘Connections to Mass Incarceration,’ Call Out Trustee
Art Space Sanctuary, the activist group leading the campaign, is not demanding Fink's resignation.
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‘These Prisons Punish for Profit’: At MoMA Conference, Academics Call on Museum, Board Member to Divest From Private Prisons
Artists, academics, curators, and writers signed a statement targeting Larry Fink, the CEO of BlackRock, as well as the institution itself.
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‘Really a Time of Reckoning’: Activist Group Art Space Sanctuary Protests MoMA and Trustee Larry Fink
An online petition takes issue with investments related to private prisons in the U.S.
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ICP Gives Infinity Awards to Graciela Iturbide, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Mario Testino, More
The International Center of Photography has announced its eight 2015 Infinity Award winners, all of whom will be honored at an awards ceremony—which doubles as ICP’s largest annual…
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