--- title: 2020_Ukeles_Xoonews_staff date: 2020-09-23T17:14:00-04:00 author: Cat Zhou canonical_url: "https://feldmangallery.com/news/2020/2020-ukeles-xoonews-staff" 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 [ View With Images ](/artist_overview) Jump to: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A [ Arakawa ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/arakawa-) [ Conrad Atkinson ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/conrad-atkinson) [ Eleanor Antin ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/eleanor-antin) [ Ida Applebroog ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/ida-applebroog-) [ Jim Anderson ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/jim-anderson-) B [ Alexander Brodsky ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/alexander-brodsky) [ Brandon Ballengée ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/brandon-balleng%C3%A9e) [ Brodsky & Utkin ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/brodsky-utkin) [ Chris Burden ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/chris-burden-) [ Joseph Beuys ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/joseph-beuys) C [ Cassils ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/cassils) [ Keith Cottingham ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/keith-cottingham) [ Nancy Chunn ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/nancy-chun) D [ Eric Dyer ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/eric-dyer) [ Milena Dopitová ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/milena-dopitova) F [ Carl Fudge ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/carl-fudge) [ Terry Fox ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/terry-fox) G [ Leon Golub ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/leon-golub-) [ Rico Gatson ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/rico-gatson) [ Yishay Garbasz ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/yishay-garbasz) H [ Cameron Hayes ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/cameron-hayes) [ Christine Hill ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/christine-hill) [ Helen Mayer & Newton Harrison ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/helen-mayer-harrison-newton-harrison) [ Kelly Heaton ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/kelly-heaton) [ Margaret Harrison ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/margaret-harrison) [ Shih Chieh Huang ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/shih-chieh-huang) J [ Simone Jones ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/simone-jones) K [ Brian Knep ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/brian-knep) [ Komar & Melamid ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/komar-melamid) [ Peggy Jarrell Kaplan ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/peggy-jarrell-kaplan) [ Vitaly Komar ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/vitaly-komar) L [ Kim Levin ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/kim-levin-) M [ McCarren/Fine ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/mccarren-fine) O [ Pepón Osorio ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/pep%C3%B3n-osorio) [ The Oakes Twins ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/the-oakes-twins) P [ Bruce Pearson ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/bruce-pearson) [ Panamarenko ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/panamarenko) R [ Fredric Riskin ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/fredric-riskin-1) [ Richard Ross ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/richard-ross) S [ Diemut Strebe ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/diemut-strebe) [ Edwin Schlossberg ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/edwin-schlossberg) [ Federico Solmi ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/federico-solmi-) [ Jason Salavon ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/jason-salavon) [ Todd Siler ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/todd-siler) U [ Mierle Laderman Ukeles ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/mierle-laderman-ukeles) V [ Sam Van Aken ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/sam-van-aken) W [ Allan Wexler ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/allan-wexler) [ Andy Warhol ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/andy-warhol) [ Clemens Weiss ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/clemens-weiss) [ Hannah Wilke ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/hannah-wilke) Y [ Gil Yefman ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/gil-yefman) [ ![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo.svg) ](/) [Mierle Laderman Ukeles ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/mierle-laderman-ukeles) Billboard Series By Mierle Laderman Ukeles Thanks NYC Service Workers Xoonews 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* (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://xoonews.com/billboard-series-by-mierle-laderman-ukeles-thanks-nyc-service-workers/) Related News & Press Sep 08, 2020 [ ![50318794973 e39177933c o 900x425](/assets/exhibition_images/50318794973_e39177933c_o-900x425.jpg) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2020/2020-ukeles-the-bronx-daily-jonas-bronck) Sep 08, 2020 The Bronx Daily [Mierle Laderman Ukeles](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/mierle-laderman-ukeles) [Artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles Celebrates Public Service Workers](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2020/2020-ukeles-the-bronx-daily-jonas-bronck) Sep 08, 2020 [ ![An Artist Continues Her Applause for Essential Workers 750x375](/assets/exhibition_images/An-Artist-Continues-Her-Applause-for-Essential-Workers-750x375_200923_203937.jpg) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2020/2020-ukeles-the-british-journal-staff) Sep 08, 2020 DNYUZ [Mierle Laderman Ukeles](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/mierle-laderman-ukeles) [An Artist Continues Her Applause for Essential Workers – Reports](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2020/2020-ukeles-the-british-journal-staff) Sep 08, 2020 [ ![50318794973 e39177933c o 08150736766](/assets/exhibition_images/50318794973-e39177933c-o___08150736766.jpg) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2020/2020-ukeles-news-break-patch) Sep 08, 2020 Patch [Mierle Laderman Ukeles](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/mierle-laderman-ukeles) [MTA, Queens Museum Art Collaboration Honors Service Workers](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2020/2020-ukeles-news-break-patch) Sep 08, 2020 [ ![Merlin 111835322 c6563ffc 8831 46b1 bca0 d7b93dca9236 article Large](/assets/exhibition_images/merlin_111835322_c6563ffc-8831-46b1-bca0-d7b93dca9236-articleLarge.jpg) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2020/2020-ukeles-the-new-york-times-margolies-1) 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/2020/2020-ukeles-the-new-york-times-margolies-1) [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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