Museum of Reclaimed
Urban Space

This special exhibition captures images from June when shopping returned following the protests against George Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis police. The opportunistic, collateral looting that followed the peaceful protests prompted many high-end retailers to board up their glass facades with plywood.

Using these barriers as canvases, artists created murals and messages calling for racial and social justice. A wide selection of these images, which were captured by the lenses of James Hong and George Hirose and curated by Hong, are displayed on the museum’s lower level among actual portions of painted plywood discarded by building owners. The Marsha P. Johnson mural was created by the anonymous street artist @captain_eyeliner.