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pictures of people in togas having some sort of water battle outside the Queens Museum of Art

photos by Chris La Putt

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

Those About to Die Salute You, a battle on water wielded with baguette swords and watermelon canons by New York’s art dignitaries took place on Thursday, August 13th, 2009 at 6 pm in a flooded World’s Fair-era reflecting pool in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, just outside of the Queens Museum of Art. Various types of vessels were designed and constructed by artist provocateur Duke Riley and his collaborators: the galleons, some made of reeds harvested in the park, were used to stage a citywide battle of the art museums in which representatives from the Queens Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, Bronx Museum of the Arts, and El Museo del Barrio battleD before a toga-clad crowd of frenzied onlookers.

The event was free and open to public. Dress code: TOGA. Live music was provided by Hell-Bent Hooker

If Duke’s name seems familiar it might be because he was in the news about two years ago when he decided to make a Revolutionary War-era submarine and navigate it near the Queen Mary 2 while it was docked in New York City, much to the chagrin of the NYPD. While there were no submarines at this event there was the Queen Mary 2:

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

Hell-Bent Hooker

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You

The Queens Museum of Art presents Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You