This episode covers a trip Palace took to the annual New England Museum Association conference. The event was held at the Hilton Hotel in Stamford, CT where unionized workers were protesting their contracts. On this episode, you'll hear more about how they are organizing, the panel Palace spoke on at the conference, and strategies for decolonizing museums.

The Power of Protest: When the People Curate

In our Voices from the Void series we get inside the minds of the gallery attendants watching YOU. In this episode we hear from Tyahra Angus, former Visitor Assistant and local photographer. You can find her work at @afrocentered media.

Voices from the Void: Tyahra

Once again the Whitney is in a self-inflicted crisis and they are being held accountable. Decolonize This Place and collaborators are bringing 9 Weeks of Art + Action to the museum in protest with week 1 starting yesterday. We dive into his story and offer a behind the scenes look at some of the folks involved in the actions that will happen every week leading up to the biennial.

Protest 2: Crisis @ the Whitney

Week 2!

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Protest 3: Crisis at the Whitney - Decolonize This Place + W.A.G.E DETAILS

We talk to a front of staff worker at The Whitney who catches us up on what it's been like to be in the galleries during this moment.

Protest 4: Working at the Whitney

This week we interviewed vaimoana litia makakaufaki niumeitolu from Mahina Movement. Mahina Movement is a trio that uses poetry and song to tell personal and political stories that center Black, brown, indigenous, trans, and queer stories.

Music at the top is from Mahina Movement’s Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/mahina-movement/psalm-for-jordan
IG: Moanaloveniu
IG: mahinamovement
email: indigoartista@gmail.com

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Crisis @ the Whitney: Mahina Movement

UPDATE: Warren B. Kanders has stepped down as the Whitney Museum’s vice chair of the board after 8 biennial artists pulled their work. Check out our series Crisis @ the Whitney to hear from some of the organizers of the protests that unseated Kanders.

If you're interested in learning more, you can also read Jerry Saltz's "A True Protest Biennial" on Vulture.

Make sure to follow @decolonizethisplace on instagram or facebook to learn more about all of the folks they worked with to organize against Kanders' presence at the Whitney.

Bye Kanders!

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