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[Mierle Laderman Ukeles ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/mierle-laderman-ukeles) The Best of Art 2016 The New York Times Dec 06, 2016 Mierle Laderman Ukeles: Best of Art 2016 **6. ‘MIERLE LADERMAN UKELES: MAINTENANCE ART’** “After the revolution, who’s going to pick up the garbage on Monday morning?” That’s what Ms. Ukeles asked herself in the 1960s, when, fed up with an art world that put painting on a pedestal and shut women out, she began making art from stuff that most people threw away. She is now into her fourth decade as honorary artist in residence with New York Department of Sanitation. Her retrospective at the Queens Museum is a tribute to a career that has consistently looked at what’s overlooked, including the environmental crisis. So there are saints after all. (Through Feb. 19.) **[Read the full list here](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/07/arts/design/best-art.html)** Related News & Press Feb 09, 2017 [ ![Mlu 71 A9340 Preview Only](/assets/exhibition_images/Ukeles/press-thumbnails/MLU_71A9340-PreviewOnly.jpg) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2017-ukeles-hyper-allergic) Feb 09, 2017 Hyperallergic [Mierle Laderman Ukeles](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/mierle-laderman-ukeles) [How Mierle Laderman Ukeles Turned Maintenance Work into Art](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2017-ukeles-hyper-allergic) Nov 06, 2016 [ ![Ukeles Touch Sanitation 25](/assets/exhibition_images/Ukeles/press-thumbnails/Ukeles-Touch-Sanitation_25.JPG) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2016-ukeles-new-yorker) Nov 06, 2016 The New Yorker [Mierle Laderman Ukeles](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/mierle-laderman-ukeles) [Mierle Laderman Ukeles and the Art of Work](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2016-ukeles-new-yorker) Sep 14, 2016 [ ![Ukeles Touch Sanitation 03](/assets/exhibition_images/Ukeles/press-thumbnails/Ukeles-Touch-Sanitation_03.JPG) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2016-ukeles-nytimes-1) Sep 14, 2016 The New York Times [Mierle Laderman Ukeles](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/mierle-laderman-ukeles) [An Artist Redefines Power. With Sanitation Equipment.](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2016-ukeles-nytimes-1) Jan 05, 2017 [ ![Chunn Thumbnail](/assets/exhibition_images/Chunn/Thumbnails/chunn-thumbnail.JPG) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/nancy-chunn) Jan 05, 2017 [Nancy Chunn](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/nancy-chun) [What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week](https://feldmangallery.com/news/nancy-chunn) [See All Press ](https://feldmangallery.com/news_overview) Ronald Feldman Gallery has been at the frontier of contemporary art since 1971. The gallery is located in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City and exhibits performance, photography, new media, film, painting, drawing and sculpture. 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