He divided them.
“He Will Not Divide Us,” Shia LaBeouf’s Museum of the Moving Image art installation with his art collective LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner, was shut down after becoming a “flashpoint for violence,” a museum spokesperson confirmed to the Daily News.
“The installation created a serious and ongoing public safety hazard for the museum, its visitors, staff, local residents, and businesses,” a statement from the museum read.
“Over the course of the installation, there have been dozens of threats of violence and numerous arrests, such that police felt compelled to be stationed outside the installation 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” the statement continued.
The exhibit “deteriorated” after LaBeouf was arrested on site for becoming aggressive with an attendee and charged with assault on Jan. 25.
According to the museum, the arrest “necessitated” the action to end the installation.
LaBeouf tweeted after it was announced the exhibit would be closing, writing “The Museum Has Abandoned Us.”
A rep for LaBeouf did not immediately respond to a Daily News request for comment. Neither did one of his artistic partners, Luke Turner.
“HEWILLNOTDIVIDEUS generated an important conversation allowing interaction among people from many backgrounds and with different viewpoints,” the statement continued.
“However, ending our engagement with the installation is the most prudent path forward to restore public safety.”
Various people did show up with different viewpoints, including a number of white supremacists, and one man appearing to wear a Nazi military hat.
“How are we going to make this s— okay to be a Nazi out here?” LaBeouf asked before he was handcuffed following a heated altercation with a man.
The 30-year-old artist kicked off the exhibit on Inauguration Day, with fellow artists Rönkkö & Turner. The trio intended to keep the project going for four years — or until the end of Trump’s presidency.
“He Will Not Divide Us” consisted of a 24-hour live webcam mounted to an outer wall of the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens. It kicked off on Jan. 20 with Jaden Smith and LaBeouf chanting “He Will Not Divide Us” into the camera.
