Subversive art

Johnnie Moore

Johnnie Moore

I’m Johnnie Moore, and I help people work better together

A British artist sneaked into four New York galleries and covertly hung his own art. Brilliant. And the art itself matches the audacity of the hanging. [Via Steve Rubel]

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