The Art World Responds to the Devastating Orlando Nightclub Shooting

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The deadliest mass shooting to take place on American soil has left 50 people dead, including gunman Omar Mateen, at Pulse, a gay night club in Orlando. The world has reacted to the senseless tragedy with shock and grief, holding vigils and offering artistic tributes to the victims, many of whom were young Latinos.

Landmarks around the world, from One World Trade in New York and Los Angeles City Hall to the Story Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, and City Hall in Tel Aviv have been lit up in rainbow colors to commemorate victims of the shooting, while New York's Empire State Building went dark "in sympathy for the victims of last night's attack," as announced on Twitter. The Eiffel Tower has announced plans to follow suit on June 13.

In Red Hook, Brooklyn, Pioneer Works turned its regular Second Sunday event into a last-minute benefit concert for Orlando, featuring performances from the US's first LGBTQI choir, the Stonewall Chorale, which began in 1977 and now has 150 member choruses. They were followed by Alsarah and the Nubatones, who joined "out of a collective love for Nubian music and a genuine belief that Soul transcends all cultural and linguistic barriers," as they state on Second Sundays' Facebook page.

At New York's Japan Society, where curator Michael Chagnon was giving the final tour of "In the Wake: Japanese Photographers Respond to 3/11," which closed June 12, he encouraged visitors to hang a message of peace and hope on Yoko Ono's Wish Tree.

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