{"id":17359,"date":"2024-05-11T12:45:09","date_gmt":"2024-05-11T19:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/art-for-a-change.com\/blog\/?p=17359"},"modified":"2024-05-11T12:45:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T19:45:09","slug":"statues-vandalized-in-nyc-day-of-rage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/art-for-a-change.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/statues-vandalized-in-nyc-day-of-rage.html","title":{"rendered":"Statues Vandalized in NYC Day of Rage"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York City, May 6, 2024. In what they called a \u201cDay of Rage,\u201d pro-Palestinian agitators defaced two of New York City\u2019s finest public sculptures, the107th Infantry Memorial<\/i> and the William Tecumseh Sherman<\/i> memorial, both located in New York\u2019s Central Park.<\/span><\/p>\n

On that day anti-Israel militants gathered at Hunter College in New York City for a march meant to disrupt the Metropolitan Museum of Art\u2019s annual fundraising Costume Ball, the Met Gala. The march was organized by the New York based anti-Israel group Within Our Lifetime<\/i> (WOL). <\/span><\/p>\n

I have to say, the angry mayhem in the streets was quite a surreal juxtaposition to the inane, self-absorbed, decadence of the Met Gala<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The pro-Hamas crowd of around 2,000 stormed down Fifth Avenue on their way to the Met. They blocked traffic at several points, and some two dozen were arrested by the New York Police Department. To prevent the mob from reaching the Met Gala the NYPD diverted it into Central Park and blocked the exit points. As night was falling the mob vandalized the sculptures.<\/span><\/p>\n