The main entrance of the Whitney Museum of American Art was doused with fake blood during a march for Gaza in Manhattan yesterday afternoon, November 22.
A video posted online by the Palestinian-American youth movement Within Our Lifetime shows the aftermath of the action: red paint dripping from the museum’s front steps and revolving glass door while a mass of protesters is seen waving Palestine flags in the near distance. No arrests have been reported.
According to Within Our Lifetime, protesters shouted “Ken Griffin is a terrorist,” targeting an American hedge fund billionaire who sat on the museum’s board of trustees until July this year (his name is still on the walls of the museum’s lobby).
Griffin was a vocal critic of a recent pro-Palestinian letter signed by a coalition of student groups at his alma mater, Harvard University. The Citadel CEO, who’s worth some $34 billion according to Forbes, is one of the Ivy League school’s largest donors. In April, Harvard named its Graduate School of Arts and Sciences after Griffin, acknowledging his $300 million gift. In total, he has given the school over $500 million since his graduation in 1989.
