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February 12, 2024

Hundreds Protest Art Institutions' Complicity and Silence over Gaza, Forcing MoMA to Close Doors
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Here in New York, hundreds of Palestinian rights activists occupied the
Museum of Modern Art Saturday, forcing the museum to close to the
public. Protesters unfurled massive banners and handed out mock Mo MA
pamphlets in which they called out museum trustees for their investments
in Israeli weaponry and other industries. Another protest was organized
outside the Brooklyn Museum. The actions came as an open letter signed
by over 100 cultural workers condemned the "disgraceful silence of our
institutions as Israel commits genocide in Gaza."


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