CAA News Today

In the past week, numerous art and museum associations, advocacy groups, nonprofit and commercial galleries, art critics, and newspapers have spoken out against the removal of an artwork by David Wojnarowicz that was on view in an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. CAA is compiling a list of organizations, companies, and people who have published official statements, editorials, and letters to the editor.

Organizations

• College Art Association
• Association of Art Museum Directors (PDF)
• Transformer in Washington, DC, which is screening A Fire in My Belly
• Association of Art Museum Curators
• National Coalition Against Censorship (a joint statement with thirteen other groups, including the First Amendment Project, Catholics for Choice, the Association of American Publishers, and the International Association of Art Critics, United States Section)
• American Association of Museums
• American Civil Liberties Union
• Washington Project for the Arts
• Fluent~Collaborative
• Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

Critics, Journalists, Scholars, and Curators

• Jonathan D. Katz, scholar and curator of Hide/Seek with David C. Ward
• Tyler Green, Modern Art Notes, who has an archive of events and commentary since November 30
• Lee Rosenbaum, CultureGrrl, who also has covered the story with news and editorials
• Blake Gopnik, the Washington Post
• Christopher Knight, the Los Angeles Times

Museums and Galleries

• PPOW Gallery in New York, which represents the Estate of David Wojnarowicz
• Arlington Arts Center in Virginia

Press and Publishing

• New York Times

Social Networking and Web Resources

• Hide/Seek.org
• Support Hide/Seek on Facebook
• Hide/Seek.org on Twitter

The above list will be cumulative. If you would like to send CAA a link to an official or organizational statement, please write to Christopher Howard, CAA managing editor.