Hannah Black is a visual artist, critic, and writer. Her work spans video, text and performance and draws on communism, feminist, and Afro-pessimist theory, autobiographical fragments and pop music. She is best known for her open letter written with Ciarán Finlayson and Tobi Haslett, The Tear Gas Biennial, criticizing co-chair of the board of the Whitney Museum, Warren Kanders, and his toxic philanthropy which comes from selling tear gas and other weapons via Safariland. The letter prompted artists to withdraw works from the 2019 Whitney Biennial.

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Hannah Black

Hannah Black is a visual artist, critic, and writer. Her work spans video, text and performance and draws on communism, feminist, and Afro-pessimist theory, autobiographical fragments and pop music. She is best known for her open letter written with Ciarán Finlayson and Tobi Haslett, The Tear Gas Biennial, criticizing co-chair of the board of the Whitney Museum, Warren Kanders, and his toxic philanthropy which comes from selling tear gas and other weapons via Safariland. The letter prompted artists to withdraw works from the 2019 Whitney Biennial.

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