ART ATTACKS

Art Attacks were pop-up exhibitions in the trucks of Rabbit Movers (founded by Shawn Lyons, 2003; sold in 2020), converted into galleries with white walls, track lighting and steps up into the truck. The first was in August 2009. They were frequent for the next couple of years, then occasional after Hurricane Sandy in 2012, continuing until 2020.

Art Attacks

• August 2009: THE FIRST ART ATTACK
• 1 Jul 2010: Art Attack: Orianne Cosentino, “Moving Violation”
• Thu 5 Aug 2010: ART ATTACK: Katie Merz, Jan Dickey, Jason Noyes, Mollie Roth, Caitlin Wheeler
• 2011–2012: Art Attacks by Nyahzul, Sierra Furtwangler, Marina Markovic, Daniel Terna, Gigi Bio (“Industrial Grace”, February 2012), Chris Garcia, Belinda Man and Nu Ryu
• 2012–2020: After Hurricane Sandy, Art Attacks become occasional, continuing until 2020
• 6 Jun 2015: Art Attack: Matt Witmer, “Field Notes”, curated by Molly Eckel for No Home Gallery, in two conjoined Rabbit Movers trucks in Bushwick

Press

• The New York Times, 2009-08-23, Andrew Keh (Article)
  “Creative Opportunity: Heavy Lifting Required” profiles Rabbit Movers (founded by Shawn Lyons, 2003; sold in 2020), a Brooklyn moving company, as an artists’ collective whose movers are all artists, musicians and writers, and mentions its gallery and performance space in DUMBO, Rabbithole Studio. The photograph published with it shows Color War (Lindsay Mound and Justin William Lin) performing in the back of a Rabbit Movers truck at the first Art Attack, with Erica Harmon watching.
  “a gallery and performance space in Dumbo called Rabbithole Studio”
  original · Wayback Machine copy · photo
• Collectively (collectively.org), 2014-12-01, Rachel Signer (Article)
  “These Movers Turn Their Trucks Into Pop Up Galleries After Hours”: on the Art Attacks, the pop-up exhibitions in Rabbit Movers trucks.
  original · Wayback Machine copy

See also: the original Rabbit Movers website (2005–2009), a storybook by Dane Troup and Shawn Lyons.

Part of the Rabbithole timeline.