The hall of the Whitney Museum in New York became a venue for protests by arts and cultural workers after the institution recently canceled its pro-Palestinian performance on Friday.
The protests were announced on Instagram by group writers, the war against Gaza, started around 8 p.m. at Whitney’s “Free Friday Night” event, which offers a paid paid, between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. on the mezzanine level, with protesters’ admissions starting at the mezzanine level, with protesters quietly protesting that the “creative” of the Palestinian flag and flag reading must rely on death. “On the first floor, activists distributed pamphlets with text printed on Whitney House fonts, demanding “delete board members bound to genocide, militarism and segregation” and ended “Institutional art, censorship, surveillance, surveillance, surveillance and policing the artist.”
The safety of the museum is temporarily prohibited from entering the museum and its galleries. Meanwhile, activists formed a circle in the hall and called on Whitney leaders to cancel No aesthetic outside of my freedom: mourning, arming and expressionworks by artists Fadl Fakhouri, Noel Maghathe and Fargo Tbakh, May 12, was two days ago as part of an exhibition organized by Whitney’s Independent Research Program.
Due to cancellation No aestheticsthe review also accepted a relegation from Gregg Bordowitz, who had previously served as ISP director. according to Artnet NewsPodovitz was demoted in February, but it is not clear why he was removed from office as a general director. He publicly expressed his argument against the cancellation of the show, calling it a “invasion” by Whitney.
Those involved described the performance as an invitation to about 50,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza since 7 October 2023, as well as those suffering in Gaza and the West Bank for decades. During the duration of one and a half hours No aestheticsperformers are about to explain the “Score” written by Natalie Diaz, Christina Sharpe and Brandon Shimoda, which conveys the themes of sadness, stamina and resistance.
As confirmed Artnews In a Whitney spokesman, the museum leadership canceled the performance after viewing the initial speech of the work in the poetry project, which is with Jewish water flow. This iteration is open to the address performed by one of the performers: “When you love Palestinians completely, completely, you can only stay in this audience, only when we are alive, when we are dead, when we are struggling for survival, dignity, land, land, land, real and sustainable life, you can use any and all available methods to fight.”
The address includes the requirement of any participant to “believe in Israel in any avatar”.
In previous statement ArtnewsWhitney said the work “makes specific behaviors of violence and violence into specific behaviors” and “no examples, we found that community members were selected based on their belief system and asked them to leave the exhibition or show or show.” Sara Nadal-Melsió, deputy director of the ISP, said the introduction would not be included in the performance version.
Last night, a protester read the introduction of the show before assembly. The presentation and its material also convened the crown of Whitney board member Nancy Carrington, who was a banner that waved a special target last Friday, a major shareholder of a general shareholder, an arms maker that has been criticism of activists dealing with Israel.
The demonstration left the museum hall peacefully around 9 p.m. “This won’t be the last time you’ve seen us.” “Open your eyes because the community sees you.”
Whitney and ISP spokespersons did not respond to a request for comment from protests last night.
