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Open letter signed by 120 academics calls for removal of Warren B. Kanders from Whitney board

Kanders, who is vice-chair of the New York art museum’s board of trustees, owns Safariland, a ‘law enforcement products company’ that manufactures tear gas canisters. The open letter follows calls for his removal by Whitney staff and protests organised by the group Decolonize This Place.

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‘Artwashing’ gentrification is a problem – but vilifying the artists involved is not the answer

by Anna Francis

The debate around gentrification and the role that artists play in this contested area is increasingly being discussed and debated by artists themselves. But, asks Anna Francis in a piece originally published by The Conversation, is it right to accuse artists who work with regeneration projects of being part of the problem?