The Wall of Lies
The Wall
On October 3, 2020, Radio Free Brooklyn erected the “Wall of Lies,” a 50-foot by 10-foot outdoor mural with the 20,000+ lies told by Donald Trump (so far) while in office, documented and fact-checked by The Washington Post. The project was conceived and executed by RFB Executive Director Tom Tenney and Bushwick artist Phil Buehler. Due to the overwhelmingly positive response to the work, the piece will remain at its current location at 12 Grattan Street in Bushwick until the 2020 presidential election.
On Sunday October 4th, the wall was visited by Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) who also agreed to sit for an interview with RFB during the on-air live broadcast that was happening at the site at the time of his arrival.
In response to many requests for a digital version of the project, we have posted the interactive version above, which you can use to scroll, pan, and zoom in to see/read parts of the wall itself.
Update: October 22, 2020
The location of the new, 100 ft. ‘Wall of Lies’ in Manhattan is the northwest corner of Lafayette and Grand Streets in Soho The opening reception will take place this Saturday, October 24th, from 12-5pm, with a special performance by Israeli-American rapper Kosha Dillz at 2pm. We hope to see our friends, supporters, and listeners there and then!
Update: October 19, 2020
We are pleased to announce that we have raised enough funding through our GoFundMe campaign to rebuild the Wall of Lies. The new wall, which will be located in lower Manhattan, will be 100 ft. long – twice as long as the original. The exact location of the wall will be revealed on this page on Thursday, October 22nd, at 5pm. The opening reception will take place on Saturday, October 24th, from 12-5pm, with a special performance by Israeli-American rapper Kosha Dillz at 2pm.
Update: October 8, 2020
In the overnight hours of October 7-8, the Wall of Lies was vandalized with Pro-Trump and white supremacist slogans, including “Vote Trump or Die” and “Stand Back and Stand By.” The latter was a phrase, directed at the white supremacist group Proud Boys, uttered by Donald Trump during the first 2020 presidential debate, and subsequently adopted by the group as a rallying cry. Rather than backing down, Radio Free Brooklyn has launched a gofundme campaign to have the wall resurrected. Please consider donating this project so we can rebuild the wall, and leave it on public display until the election on November 3rd.
Images from the opening weekend, October 3-4 2020
Press
Bushwick Wall
BK Reader – New 50-Foot ‘Wall of Lies’ in Bushwick Displays 20,000 Claims Made by President Trump
Yahoo! News – ‘Wall of Lies’ Mural Depicting Each of Trump’s Falsehoods Erected in Brooklyn
Brooklyn Daily Eagle – This Bushwick mural will display over 20,000 Donald Trump lies
NY ART News – The Wall of Trumperies. All the President’s Lies
Bushwick Wall (cont’d)
Bushwick Daily – “Wall of Lies” Mural in Bushwick Will Display Over 20,000 Donald Trump Lies
Infinity News (Italy) – Un “muro” a New York per smascherare le bugie di Trump
Telemundo 47 – El “Muro de las mentiras” de Trump en Brooklyn
Collater.al (Italy) – Wall of Lies, all Trump’s lies become a mural
DailyBest (Italy) – “Wall of Lies”: tutte le bugie di Trump su un muro a New York
Vandalism
New York Post – Trump ‘Wall of Lies’ mural in NYC vandalized with Proud Boys graffiti
BK Reader – Bushwick ‘Wall of Lies’ Vandalized With ‘Vote Trump or Die,’ Proud Boys Call
1010 WINS – Trump ‘Wall of Lies’ Brooklyn mural vandalized with Proud Boys graffiti
Soho Wall
Huffington Post – Trump ‘Wall Of Lies’ Resurrected In Manhattan After Vandalism
Bored Panda – Manhattan Now Has The “Wall Of Lies” That Lists 20,000+ Of President Trump’s Lies
The Village Sun – Trump hits a wall — of his own lies — in Soho.
Time Out New York – A massive mural featuring 20,000 of Trump’s lies has been installed in Soho
Daily Maverick (South Africa) – All in all it was just 20,000 lies in the wall
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