Art-world rebellion and municipal disorder were simultaneous in New York 1968-69

Evidence

In which Jack Smith responds to the persecution of Flaming Creatures and pornography seems endemic. The art world is in open rebellion. Norman Mailer runs for New York mayor. Political theater pushes its boundaries as the Crazies run amok, drag queens battle the police, and Manhattan bombings terrify the city. — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now, 1365

Categorization

• XREF: Supports the reader’s test-case thesis: the density of invention correlated with a specific window of municipal breakdown and art-world openness.