A video online shows two men removing the work less than an hour after the artist posted about it on Instagram.
Elaine Velie
Elaine Velie is a writer from New Hampshire living in Brooklyn. She studied Art History and Russian at Middlebury College and is interested in art's role in history, culture, and politics.
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Banksy Hotel in Occupied West Bank Shutters
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Space Telescope Captures Radiant Close-Up of Uranus
The Webb Telescope images could prove “invaluable” in planning future missions to the planet, NASA said.
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Extraordinary discoveries, rogue tourists, and moments of institutional failure and abuse of power defined a topsy-turvy year in visual culture.
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Artists Display 20,000 Poppies Outside NY Stock Exchange
Each paper flower represented a Palestinian life lost since October 7.
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German School Cancels Forensic Architecture Lecture on Police Killing
Over 200 students and faculty members condemned the decision, which they say is based on the group’s research into Israel’s occupation of Palestine.
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What’s With Those Hilarious Medieval Portrayals of Animals?
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Art Student Fights for Free Speech After School Asks to Remove Pro-Palestine Signs
MFA student Morgan Patten and the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression claim Brooklyn College’s actions violate her First Amendment rights.
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Pro-Palestine Activists Rally at Brooklyn Museum
Protesters demanded that the New York City institution sever ties with donors financially connected to Israel.
