Pro-Trump art show abandons bathtub full of blood on New York City sidewalk

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New Yorkers have seen everything, be it naked Donald Trump statues or pizza rats. But a bathtub full of blood — a leftover prop from a weekend Alt-Right "pro-Trump art show" called #DaddyWillSaveUs — might have left a few residents of the Chelsea neighborhood feeling understandably disturbed.

The tub had been used in a performance art piece featuring journalist Milo Yiannopoulos, a spectacle Gothamist described as "a muddled commentary on people who had been murdered by immigrants." Following the show, organizers apparently tried to pour the butcher shop-sourced pig's blood down a sidewalk drain but missed. In addition to leaving the sidewalk looking like the end of Carrie, the tub was not sufficiently drained, which led one passerby to write to Gothamist after stumbling on the grisly prop:

"So I was walking down 18th Street on Sunday morning when I saw what appeared to be a bathtub full of blood," Kate Burch [...] told us. "I took some pictures because it was weird — then I saw your Trump art show article and realized it was the same bathtub! So yeah, in addition to being horrible, the pro-Trump art show crew are improper-bloody-bathtub-disposing-bad-neighbors."It is believed the tub was there at least through Monday — large metal items such as bathtubs aren't collected until recycling day, which is Friday for that neighborhood, so that rules out the city picking it up. The Alt-Right members did not return to the gallery until Monday night to remove their work from the gallery; as of Tuesday evening, the tub had disappeared from that location. [Gothamist]

If this all sounds exceptionally terrible, consider that another piece at the show was "what looked like a Tylenol in a shadowbox, autographed by Martin Shkreli and going for $20,000," as Hyperallergic reports. Shackles off, y'all. See the pictures of the gross sidewalk tub here, and read Gothamist's review of the #DaddyWillSaveUs here.

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.