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Protesters have put up a display outside the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York to illustrate the links between Leon Black, trustee at the museum, and Jeffrey Epstein. Black, who became chair of the museum board in 2018, stepped down amid calls for his removal in 2021, but has remained a trustee.

During the protest, which according to Hyperallergic was attended by some two dozen people, the Institute of Primary Facts parked its ‘Bookmobile’ – a converted food truck containing bound volumes of the released Epstein files, in which Black is mentioned thousands of times – outside the museum.

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The Cornell 7 Case Demands More Than Outrage

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The Cornell 7 Case Demands More Than Outrage

"Several national organizations are working to bring survivors and our allies together to demand systemic change. Organizations like mine, me too. International, along with the National Women's Law Center and UltraViolet, are on the front lines organizing survivor leaders, fighting for survivors in courtrooms, and keeping people engaged on these issues."

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Feminist orgs claim Meta censoring posts about Cornell 7 case

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Feminist orgs claim Meta censoring posts about Cornell 7 case

UltraViolet, as well as other gender justice, tech accountability, and pro-democracy organizations, have launched a joint campaign in response. In a petition with over 29,000 signatures at the time of this writing, they call on Mark Zuckerberg and Instagram head Adam Mosseri to stop censoring posts about the Cornell case.

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Protesters Pressure MoMA to Boot Leon Black from Museum’s Board

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Protesters Pressure MoMA to Boot Leon Black from Museum’s Board

The assembly outside MoMA also included Epstein survivors and members of We Are UltraViolet and the research initiative Time & Memory Project. Nicole Regalado, vice president of campaigns at We Are UltraViolet, told Hyperallergic, “By serving on MoMA’s board, whether it’s intentional or not, MoMA is helping to sanitize Leon Black’s reputation.”

Black became the chairman of MoMA’s board in 2018 and stepped down in 2021 amid a call for his removal by more than 150 artists, though he remained a trustee.

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Pop-up exhibition outside MoMA highlights connections between trustee Leon Black and Jeffrey Epstein

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Pop-up exhibition outside MoMA highlights connections between trustee Leon Black and Jeffrey Epstein

Alongside a handful of Epstein survivors, a small group of organisers for the Institute for Primary Facts and the feminist non-profit UltraViolet urged passersby to explore the documents in the truck. The project is a mobile iteration of the 3.5-million-document Trump-Epstein reading room, which opened in Tribeca in May to raise awareness of Epstein’s network of alleged co-conspirators. The truck houses 440 books of the files, including volumes dedicated to references to US President Donald Trump. It also features community comments and a selection of paintings by Maria Farmer, one of the first women to accuse Epstein.

“I’m very disappointed to see people visiting the MoMA today, and I think it’s important that those folks become educated as to who Leon Black is,” Elisa Batista, a campaign director with UltraViolet, told the Art Newspaper. “We’re OK with not seeing the art in the MoMA as long as they keep enabling this abuser.”

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Maria Farmer’s Harrowing Art Was at the Epstein Files Bookmobile Protesting MoMA Board Member Leon Black

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Maria Farmer’s Harrowing Art Was at the Epstein Files Bookmobile Protesting MoMA Board Member Leon Black

Billionaire Leon Black is still on the board of New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). And for anyone who cares about the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein and his associates, the protection of women, and justice being served, this should be a problem. The latest protest calling for Black’s removal took place yesterday just down the block from MoMA, led by UltraViolet, a women’s advocacy group, alongside the Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Bookmobile, a physical presentation of all 3.5 million Epstein files released by the Department of Justice to date.

“It’s outrageous that someone who has been credibly accused and held in contempt of Congress is sitting on the MoMA board, [at] such a prestigious institution,” Elisa Batista, UltraViolet’s campaign director, told me. UltraViolet launched its Epstein Accountability Project to hold accountable the wealthy and powerful who enabled Epstein and participated in his abuse of over 1,200 women and girls.

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Epstein survivor at MoMA protest says Epstein talked up his art world connections

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Epstein survivor at MoMA protest says Epstein talked up his art world connections

The protest was organized by UltraViolet, a women’s advocacy group, alongside the Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Bookmobile, a truck holding micro-printed copies of the Justice Department’s Epstein files.

“We want Leon Black to be held accountable. And that starts with a prestigious institution like MoMA dropping him,” said Elisa Batista, UltraViolet’s campaign director. “It would be huge for them.”

She said Black’s donations make it harder for the museum to remove him. “We understand that they’ve received tens of millions of dollars in gifts from him,” Batista said. “So it’s hard on them to let him go. But they can and they must."

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Leon Black, You Can’t Hide

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Leon Black, You Can’t Hide

If leaders of New York’s Museum of Modern Art thought that calls to remove board member Leon Black, an Epstein associate, would eventually die down, a group of two dozen protesters today proved them very much mistaken.

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MoMA Helping “Sanitize” Leon Black’s Reputation, Protesters Say

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MoMA Helping “Sanitize” Leon Black’s Reputation, Protesters Say

“By serving on MoMA’s board, whether it’s intentional or not, MoMA is helping to sanitize Leon Black’s reputation,” Nicole Regalado, vice president of campaigns at We Are UltraViolet, told Hyperallergic at today’s action.

“Those folks determine what artists we celebrate and whose stories are told when millions of people and children visit MoMA each year,” she added, referring to the influence that comes with being a museum trustee. “And we do not want an accused sexual predator who has been enabling Jeffrey Epstein’s crime ring to have that kind of power over shaping our culture.”

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