Museum Cancels Show after Artists Withdraw over Chinatown Jail
ArtAsiaPacific, March 17, 2021: Museum Cancels Show after Artists Withdraw over Chinatown Jail
“Tension between members of the collective Godzilla: Asian American Artists Network and New York’s Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) due to the museum’s alleged support for the city’s construction of a jail in Chinatown has led to MOCA’s cancellation of an upcoming show for Godzilla on March 9, after 19 members of the collective withdrew their participation on March 5.”
Additional reading:
e-flux, March 5, 2021: Open Letter to the Museum of Chinese in America from Godzilla Collective
MOCA’s January 28, 2021 statement on a potential Chinatown jail
Artnet News, March 11, 2021: An Exhibition Dedicated to a Legendary Asian American Art Collective Has Been Cancelled After a Majority of the Artists Withdrew
Hyperallergic, February 7, 2017: A Brief History of the Art Collectives of NYC’s Chinatown
