Frieze Owner Ari Emanuel Rejects 'Genocide' Label for Israeli Actions, Criticizes Macklemore
During a September 21 interview on the Daily Show, Frieze owner Ari Emanuel dismissed the description of Israeli military actions in the Occupied West Bank as genocide. He took issue with rapper Macklemore's pro-Palestinian comments made during an Ed Sheeran concert and expressed admiration for Elon Musk. This viewpoint diverges from the positions held by groups such as the UN, Amnesty International, and B'Tselem, which contend that Israel's actions against Palestinians amount to genocide. On that same day, Hyperallergic featured a retrospective of Willie Birch's work, a survey of Félix González-Torres at the Metropolitan Museum, and a publication focused on Ancient Egyptian artisans. Additionally, the Rocky Balboa statue is set to be reinstalled at the museum in Philadelphia, with Hyperallergic members invited to an event at ISCP on September 30.
Key facts
- Ari Emanuel, Frieze owner and Hollywood mogul, said Israel's violence against Palestinians does not meet the definition of genocide.
- Emanuel criticized rapper Macklemore's pro-Palestinian comments made during a recent Ed Sheeran concert.
- Emanuel praised Elon Musk for doing 'incredible things for the human race' during a Daily Show interview on Monday, September 21.
- The comments preceded the September 24 opening of New York's Armory Show, which Frieze owns and effectively operates alongside six other fairs, two exhibition spaces, and its namesake publication.
- Organizations including the United Nations, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the International Federation for Human Rights, the International Association of Genocide Scholars, and B'Tselem disagree with Emanuel's position.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art will present the first major Felix Gonzalez-Torres exhibition in New York in over 30 years.
- A new report from the Joan Mitchell Foundation highlights deep structural issues affecting legacy work across the arts.
- Philadelphia's Rocky Balboa statue is being installed outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art again, at the top of the museum's front steps.
Entities
Artists
- Ari Emanuel
- Macklemore
- Ed Sheeran
- Elon Musk
- Willie Birch
- Félix González-Torres
- Lucia Laguna
- Rodrigo Cass
- Nelson Garrido
- Marcia Geiger
- Derrick Adams
- Randy Polumbo
- Wills Glasspiegel
- Thomas Hart Benton
- Vinh Phu Pham
- Hakim Bishara
- Anna Lee
- Nageen Shaikh
- Nereya Otieno
- Bryan Martin
- Lisa Yin Zhang
- Jon Stewart
- Robert Kraft
- Rahm Emanuel
- Barack Obama
- Benjamin Netanyahu
- Dana White
- Donald Trump
- J.R. Moehringer
Institutions
- Frieze
- The Daily Show
- Armory Show
- United Nations
- Amnesty International
- Human Rights Watch
- International Federation for Human Rights
- International Association of Genocide Scholars
- B'Tselem
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Joan Mitchell Foundation
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- International Studio & Curatorial Program
- Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy
- Floyd Bennett Field! Public Arts Festival
- Asian Cultural Council
- IDSVA
- Hyperallergic
- 6abc Philadelphia
- Endeavor Group Holdings
- MARI
- WME
- Daily Show
- Gillette Stadium
- Tesla
- Ultimate Fighting Championship
- Simon Wiesenthal Center
- Tel Aviv University
- White House
Locations
- New York
- United States
- Occupied West Bank
- Israel
- Palestine
- Philadelphia
- Brooklyn
- Rome
- Italy
- Spannocchia Castle
- Arezzo
- Siena
- Ancient Egypt
- Gaza
- Boston
- Tel Aviv
- Washington, D.C.