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Posted in NYC | music on April 4, 2008
Protesters outside the Kanye West show last night
the Brooklyn Museum, April 3, 2008 (The Brooklyn Paper / Adrian Kinloch)
Outside the Eastern Parkway art institute, hundreds of protestors started gathering at around 6:30 pm to greet more than 1,000 Museum supporters as they entered for cocktails and hors-d'oeuvres of miso-marinated cod and spicy taro with caviar.Celebrities including designer Marc Jacobs and tennis legend John McEnroe were also on hand.
Protesters condemned the Museum's decision to honor Ratner, some holding signs reading, "Con Artist" and, in a particularly nifty bit of memory, "Dung Deal," a reference to the Museum's 1999 controversy over its "Sensation" exhibition, which featured a painting of the Virgin Mary adorned with elephant dung.
Joining the protesters was former city Department of Environmental Protection commissioner Marilyn Gelber.
Referring to the protesters outside, Borough President Markowitz -- a major support of Atlantic Yards -- smiled and said, "It shows that this is a great country." [Brooklyn Paper]
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Posted on April 4, 2008 1:03 PM
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Comments (8)
this country has a long, long, long way to go before it's considered good, let alone great. what a cunt.
Posted by Anonymous | April 4, 2008 1:13 PM
I hate Markowitz, such a politician.
Posted by Reg! | April 4, 2008 1:13 PM
Yeah here's the thing about progress -- we ain't making any in this here world.
Posted by Anonymous | April 4, 2008 1:49 PM
Ratner is a great man! A GREAT MAN! Fuck you puny humans and your petty human concerns!
Posted by Anonymous | April 4, 2008 1:53 PM
"Kanye West Concert" LOL.
Posted by Anonymous | April 4, 2008 1:59 PM
this country is just ok.
Posted by Anonymous | April 4, 2008 4:21 PM
Protests accomplish nothing.
Posted by Anonymous | April 4, 2008 4:27 PM
why don't we just be happy with how everything is right now...everything's GREAT. DENIAL!!!!
Posted by Anonymous | April 4, 2008 5:17 PM