--- title: 2020_Ukeles_Observer date: 2020-09-08T16:11:00-04:00 author: Cat Zhou canonical_url: "https://feldmangallery.com/news/2020-ukeles-observer" section: News --- [![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo.svg)](/) ![](/src/images/search.svg) View Artists Search Artists [Exhibitions](/feature_exhibitions) [Past Exhibitions](/past_exhibitions/) [Artists](/artist_overview) [News & Press](/news_overview) [Inventory](https://www.artsy.net/ronald-feldman-gallery/artists) [Publications](/feature_publications) [Gallery Info](/about) [Contact](/contact) [![Facebook](/src/images/fb.svg)](https://www.facebook.com/RonaldFeldmanGallery/) [![Instagram](/src/images/ig.svg)](https://www.instagram.com/feldmangallery/) [![Twitter](/src/images/tw.svg)](https://twitter.com/feldmangallery?lang=en) [Artsy](https://www.artsy.net/ronald-feldman-gallery) [Artnet](http://www.artnet.com/galleries/ronald-feldman-fine-arts/) ![](/src/images/close_btn.svg) ![](/src/images/close_btn.svg)Artists [ 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[Mierle Laderman Ukeles ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/mierle-laderman-ukeles) Massive Billboards Created by an Iconic Artist Will Thank NYC Service Workers Observer Sep 08, 2020 41 years ago, the artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles launched the radical art undertaking that would become her best-known project: for 11 months, Ukeles traveled throughout every borough in New York City in order to accomplish her goal of shaking hands with every single sanitation worker in the huge metropolis. For *[Touch Sanitation Performance](https://hyperallergic.com/355255/how-mierle-laderman-ukeles-turned-maintenance-work-into-art/)* (1979–80), in addition to shaking hands, Ukeles also thanked every worker she interacted with for “keeping the city alive.” Decades later, New Yorkers are in an entirely different spot, but sanitation workers are more essential than ever. For that reason, Ukeles has joined a new collaboration between MTA Arts & Design, Times Square Arts, and the Queens Museum in order to broadcast her vision to the city once again. [**Read more here.**](https://observer.com/2020/09/mierle-laderman-ukeles-billboards-thank-nyc-service-workers/) Related News & Press Sep 08, 2020 [ ![08public art jumbo](/assets/exhibition_images/08public-art-jumbo.jpg) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2020-ukeles-the-new-york-times-margolies) Sep 08, 2020 The New York Times [Mierle Laderman Ukeles](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/mierle-laderman-ukeles) [An Artist Continues Her Applause for Essential Workers](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2020-ukeles-the-new-york-times-margolies) Aug 31, 2020 [ ![Berlinartlink portrait Yishay Garbasz Photobystephen Wilks](/assets/exhibition_images/berlinartlink-portrait-YishayGarbasz-Photobystephen-Wilks.jpg) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2020-berlin-art-link-hugill) Aug 31, 2020 Berlin Art Link [Yishay Garbasz](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/yishay-garbasz) [Intersectional Art as Activism: An Interview with Yishay Garbasz](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2020-berlin-art-link-hugill) Aug 25, 2020 [ ![5f35b215cbcfc image](/assets/exhibition_images/5f35b215cbcfc.image.jpg) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2020-ballengee-the-advocate-dean) Aug 25, 2020 The Advocate [Brandon Ballengée](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/brandon-balleng%C3%A9e) ['Love Motels' attract bugs and people, calling attention to the plight of insects the world over](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2020-ballengee-the-advocate-dean) Aug 06, 2020 [ ![Vanaken](/assets/exhibition_images/vanaken.JPG) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2020-van-aken-hudson-valley-360) Aug 06, 2020 Hudson Valley 360 [Sam Van Aken](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/sam-van-aken) [Be a Better Gardener: Forty Scions on a Single Rootstock: Sam Van Aken Preserves New York State’s Stone Fruit Heritage with His “Tree of 40 Fruit”](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2020-van-aken-hudson-valley-360) [See All Press ](https://feldmangallery.com/news_overview) Ronald Feldman Gallery has been at the frontier of contemporary art since 1971. 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