Editing Carl Andre (section)

=== Death of Ana Mendieta ===
{{Further|Ana Mendieta#Death and controversy}}
In 1979 he met his third wife, artist [[Ana Mendieta]], through a mutual friendship with artists [[Leon Golub]] and [[Nancy Spero]] at [[AIR Gallery]] in New York City.<ref name="ReferenceA" /><ref name="McNay-2024">{{Cite news|last=McNay|first=Michael|date=2024-01-25|title=Carl Andre obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/jan/25/carl-andre-obituary|access-date=2024-03-07|work=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Andre and Mendieta married in January 1985.<ref>{{Cite news|last=O'Hagan|first=Sean|date=2013-09-21|title=Ana Mendieta: death of an artist foretold in blood|language=en-GB|work=The Observer|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/sep/22/ana-mendieta-artist-work-foretold-death|access-date=2019-05-22|issn=0029-7712}}</ref> Mendieta fell to her death from Andre's 34th-story apartment window in September 1985, after an argument with Andre.<ref name="Sullivan-1988" /> Their neighbors, a couple next door, are reported to have heard Mendieta scream "No" the same night, and Andre was also seen with multiple scratches on his face after that night.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ana Mendieta Art, Bio, Ideas |url=https://www.theartstory.org/artist/mendieta-ana/ |access-date=2023-03-04 |website=The Art Story}}</ref> Andre was quoted from a [[9-1-1]] call after her death to have said, "What happened was we had … my wife is an artist and I am an artist and we had a quarrel about the fact that I was more, eh, exposed to the public than she was and she went to the bedroom and I went after her and she went out of the window".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hoffman |first=Jan |date=2020-08-07 |title=Rear Window: The Mystery of the Carl Andre Case |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2020/08/07/rear-window-the-mystery-of-the-carl-andre-case/ |access-date=2023-03-04 |website=The Village Voice}}</ref> The same night Andre was charged with [[second-degree murder]]. He elected to be tried before a judge with no jury. In 1988, he was acquitted of all charges related to Mendieta's death.<ref name="Sullivan-1988">{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/12/nyregion/greenwich-village-sculptor-acquitted-of-pushing-wife-to-her-death.html?scp=8&sq=Carl+Andre+acquitted&st=nyt | work=The New York Times | title=Greenwich Village Sculptor Acquitted of Pushing Wife to Her Death | first=Ronald | last=Sullivan | date=February 12, 1988 | access-date=April 28, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nymag.com/news/features/scandals/carl-andre-2012-4/|title=The History of New York Scandals – Carl Andre's Murder Trial|website=New York|date=March 30, 2012 |language=en-us|access-date=2020-01-22}}</ref>

Museums that exhibit Andre's work have been met with outrage from Mendieta's supporters. The 2022 podcast ''Death of an Artist'' detailed a culture of secrecy around Mendieta's death and Andre's potential involvement.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Death of an Artist Podcast – Ana Mendieta Podcast |url=https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/death-of-an-artist |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Pushkin Industries |language=en}}</ref> In 2017, protestors attended the opening of his exhibition at The Geffen Contemporary at [[Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles|MOCA]] in Los Angeles, distributing postcards that read, "Carl Andre is at MOCA Geffen. {{lang|es|¿Dónde está Ana Mendieta?}}{{-"}} ({{gloss|Where is Ana Mendieta?}}).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hyperallergic.com/538535/actress-ellen-barkin-reveals-she-was-assaulted-by-carl-andre-in-the-late-70s/|title=Actress Ellen Barkin Reveals She Was Assaulted by Carl Andre in the Late '70s|date=2020-01-21|website=Hyperallergic|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/miranda/la-et-cam-ana-mendieta-carl-andre-moca-protest-20170406-htmlstory.html|title=Why protesters at MOCA's Carl Andre show won't let the art world forget about Ana Mendieta|date=2017-04-06|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-26}}</ref>