‘Some Like It Not’: protesters rally against plan to install Marilyn Monroe sculpture near Palm Springs Art Museum

‘Some Like It Not’: protesters rally against plan to install Marilyn Monroe sculpture near Palm Springs Art Museum

Palm Springs activists convene to protest26-foot-tall Marilyn Monroe sculpture

This article outlines the 2021 efforts of protestors calling for the removal of Seward Johnson's Forever Marilyn statue outside the Palm Springs Art Museum. From the article: “This artwork is misogyny in the guise of nostalgia,” says Elizabeth Armstrong, who was the museum’s director from 2014 to 2018 and was among those who spoke at the rally.” It’s an out-of-date fantasy or delusion of a few men who remember the good old days in Hollywood–those were not good days for women.”

Jori Finkel for The Art Newspaper

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/04/30/some-like-it-not-protesters-rally-against-plan-to-install-marilyn-monroe-sculpture-near-palm-springs-art-museum

The Art Newspaper

April 20, 2021

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/04/30/some-like-it-not-protesters-rally-against-plan-to-install-marilyn-monroe-sculpture-near-palm-springs-art-museum