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Death of an artist : The story of Ana Mendieta 

By: Pod Mirror

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Ana Mendieta  

Was the famous sculptor Carl Andre involved in the death of his up-and-coming artist wife Ana Mendieta?  

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Controversial couple

For over 35 years, accusations of murder shrouded one of the art world’s most storied couples.  

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Andre was famous, rich, white, and within the small coterie of the artworld, powerful. Mendieta was a Cuban refugee, a diminutive woman, working at the edge of the Avant Garde. 

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Just months after their wedding, Andre called 911 saying they had a fight and Mendieta “went out the window” of their 34th floor apartment. 

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Andre was charged with murder and the art world split in two. 

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Host Helen Molesworth revisits Mendieta’s death , and interrogates both the silence and the protest that have accompanied this story  

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Death of an Artist