"In March 2021, we published an open letter signed by over 150 artists and art workers calling on the Museum of Modern Art in New York to cut ties with its then-chairman, private equity billionaire Leon Black, for his close relationship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. It worked, kind of. Black stepped down from his role, but still sits on the museum's board of trustees to this day."
"After ICE agents murdered Renee Good in broad daylight on January 7, Minnesotan printmaker Art Price was furious but determined to put his resources to work. "I said, 'What do I have as a resource?' I have presses and I have ink," he recalls. He's one of dozens of artists who are mobilizing against ICE's occupation of Minneapolis, using beads, ink, and posters as tools of community-building and resistance."
An open letter signed by over 150 artists and art workers in March 2021 demanded that the Museum of Modern Art cut ties with chairman Leon Black because of his close relationship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Black stepped down as chairman but remains on MoMA's board of trustees. New released files contain devastating sexual-abuse allegations against Black, which he denies, and MoMA has not taken action. After ICE agents killed Renee Good on January 7, Minneapolis artists mobilized, using presses, ink, beads, and posters to build community resistance against ICE's presence. The Philadelphia Museum of Art retired the 'PhAM' nickname.
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