By Andrew Russeth and Dan Duray 6:41pm

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The protests have entered New York's art world. (Photo by Kyle McCluer / Flickr)

Occupy Art Street: A Guide to Recent Art World Protests

Raise high your palette knives! Wave your unstretched canvas! Occupy Wall Street has hit the art world. In recent weeks, protestors have disrupted Sotheby’s auctions in solidarity with union art handlers who have been on strike for more than two months, read manifestos outside of art museums and temporarily occupied Artists Space, a nonprofit gallery in Soho. If you haven’t been following the minute-to-minute developments on Gallerist, here’s a recap of the Occupy actions. Read More

By Andrew Russeth 10/19/11 5:10pm

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‘Occupy Museums’ Will Bring ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Anger to MoMA, Frick, New Museum

The Occupy Wall Street protests, which just entered their second month, have spilled over into the art world in recent weeks. Protests have been held at Sotheby’s, and now a group calling itself Occupy Museums announced today that it will assemble at Zuccotti Park, the headquarters of the protests, on Thursday, Oct. 20, at 3 p.m., and then travel to the Museum of Modern Art and the Frick Collection, reading a manifesto at each stop along the way. Read More