2021
December 17, 2021 * New York Magazine
The Jail Money Trap: The Museum of Chinese in America was desperate to buy its building. The city found a reason to pay for it
March 2, 2021 * Hyperallergic
Hundreds of Arts and Restaurant Workers Rally to Save Historic Chinatown Banquet Hall
March 11, 2021 * Hyperallergic
Godzilla Withdraws From Museum of Chinese in America Retrospective, Citing “Complicity” in NYC Jails
April 18, 2021 * New York Times
Asian-American Artists, Now Activists, Push Back Against Hate
July 12, 2021 * Hyperallergic
Artists Request Museum of Chinese in America Remove Their Work From Its Collection
2020
October 1, 2020 * Hyperallergic
Museum of Chinese in America Should Reject “Jail Money,” Says Artist-Activist Group
2019
May 18, 2019 * Hyperallergic
After a Protest at the 2019 Whitney Biennial Opening, Activists March to Warren Kanders’s Townhouse
2018
February 12, 2018 * Frieze
Beyond Canal Street
October 8, 2018 * Laura Flanders Show
Decolonize is a verb: Anti Columbus Day Tour 2018
May 24, 2018 * A Blade of Grass
Histories of Activism in Chinatown
March 21, 2018 * D Magazine
When Artists and Tenants Join Forces in the Fight for Affordable Housing
March 6, 2018 * D Magazine
Amid Neighborhood Displacement, Artists Weight Their Impacts
March 1, 2018 * Art in America
Issues and Commentary: Here to Stay
Photo: Louis Chan
2017
November 10, 2017 * Hyperallergic
Anti-Gentrification Activists Protest Laura Owens Exhibition at Whitney Museum
November 1, 2017 * Waging Nonviolence
NYC Activist Protest Chinatown gallery exhibit for being ‘racism disguised as art’
October 31, 2017 * Bedford + Bowery
Protesters Decry ‘Racism Disguised as Art’ as Controversial Chinatown Show Closes
October 28, 2017 * Hyperallergic
Protestors Return to James Cohan Gallery to Say Goodbye to “Omer Fast’s Racist Show”
October 19, 2017 * Hyperallergic
Artist Omer Fast Compares Protesters to Alt-Right, Chinatown Art Brigade Responds
October 19, 2017 * NBC News Asian America
Chinatown Activists Criticize Art Installation Called 'Racist,' 'Poverty Porn'
October 19, 2017 * New York Times
Artist Defends Chinatown Exhibit After Protests
October 20, 2017 * The Guardian
New York’s Chinatown Hits Back at Omer Fast’s ‘poverty porn’ art exhibition
October 18, 2017 * ARTNews
‘I’m Not Surprised There Have Been Critical Reactions’: Omer Fast Responds to Protests at James Cohan Show
October 18, 2017 * ArtForum
Chinatown Art Brigade Protests Omer Fast Exhibition at James Cohan Gallery
October 16, 2017 * Hyperallergic
Chinatown Art Brigade Protests Omer Fast’s “Racist” Exhibition at James Cohan Gallery
October 16, 2017 * ARTNews
‘Racist Art Has No Business Here’: Activists and Chinatown Residents Protest Omer Fast Show at James Cohan Gallery
October 16, 2017 * DNAinfo
Gallery Defends ‘Chinatown’ Display Critics Call Racist ‘Poverty Porn’
October 16, 2017 * Bowery Boogie
Chinatown Art Brigade Protests Racially Insensitive ‘Poverty Porn’ at James Cohan Gallery
October 11, 2017 * Hyperallergic
Artist Omer Fast’s Take on Chinatown Angers Community Organizations
May 17, 2017 * The Indypendent
‘Not For Sale’ -- the Chinatown Art Brigade is Taking on Gentrification Wall by Wall
February 7, 2017 * Hyperallergic
A Brief History of the Art Collectives of NYC’s Chinatown
February 6, 2017 * Hyperallergic
At a Museum’s #J20 Event, Hitting the Limits of Inclusivity
January 26, 2017 * Sinovision
Resilience of the Chinatown Art Brigade
January 19, 2017 * The Villager
Art reflects reality in Chinatown exhibit on housing
Community conversations: "Chinatown: New York's Newest Gallery Scene?" at Wing On Wo & Co.
Photo: Kira Simon-Kennedy