Protests of artists and galleries appear to be on rise – Nadja Sayej investigates why.
New York-based artist Dana Schutz caused an uproar this spring when she exhibited Open Casket, a painting of Emmett Till, the 15-year-old whose brutal murder sparked the civil rights movement.
As a white artist making art about black pain and showing it at the Whitney Biennial, several activists responded negatively to the work, one with a letter calling for it to be destroyed, another a staged protest with a shirt reading... Keep reading on The Guardian
New York-based artist Dana Schutz caused an uproar this spring when she exhibited Open Casket, a painting of Emmett Till, the 15-year-old whose brutal murder sparked the civil rights movement.
As a white artist making art about black pain and showing it at the Whitney Biennial, several activists responded negatively to the work, one with a letter calling for it to be destroyed, another a staged protest with a shirt reading... Keep reading on The Guardian