ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS STAGE PROTEST AT JANNIS KOUNELLIS SHOW

This past Friday, animal rights activists began protesting at the current Jannis Kounellis exhibition of a work originally from 1969 titled 12 Horses and featuring twelve real horses in the gallery space at Gavin Brown’s in the West Village, reports Eileen Kinsella at Artnet. The activists showed up at the gallery with signs protesting the horses’ presence in the exhibition, with one sign reading, “It’s not art, it’s animal abuse.” Brown himself was reportedly trying to talk to the protesters though a spokesperson for the gallery said Brown has declined to comment.

This is the final exhibit at Gavin Brown’s current location before the gallery relocates to Harlem. The Jannis Kounellis show runs through June 27.