Nick Cave's Controversial 'Truth Be Told' Artwork to Go on Display at Brooklyn Museum

This past November, a 160-foot-long text work by Nick Cave on the facade of the School, an art establishment helmed by Jack Shainman Gallery in Kinderhook, New York, was the subject of controversy among residents. The sprawling outdoor work titled Truth Be Told was made by Cave to shed light on racial injustice and police brutality amid the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests. Kinderhook locals argued that it was illegal to display the work while city officials have argued that the piece is tech...