A Wojnarowicz Mural Was Rediscovered in Kentucky After Four Decades—Now It’s Being Hidden Again

Developers Cover Rediscovered Wojnarowicz Mural with Drywall

A 1985 mural by David Wojnarowicz that had languished for decades behind a stud wall in a Louisville, Kentucky, building, was uncovered only to be hidden again by developers who leased the space out for use as a gym. Wojnarowicz painted the work, featuring eviscerated cow carcasses, a bright yellow skeleton, a flaming chair, and […]

A Wojnarowicz Mural Was Rediscovered in Kentucky After Four Decades—Now It’s Being Hidden Again

In 1985, David Wojnarowicz and a group of other New York artists made a trip to Louisville, Kentucky, to create site-specific murals as part of a week-long fundraiser. They had created their murals with the understanding that they would soon be destroyed. Then in 2023, the Wojnarowicz Foundation received word saying that the late artist’s mural, titled ‘The Missing Children Show’ Mural, had never been destroyed but just covered by a false wall…