Hands of Perón Hands of Perón The cutting of the Hands of Perón refers to a 1987 incident where the tomb of Juan Perón, former President of Argentina, was broken into and his hands dismembered and removed by persons unknown. Perón died in July 1974. His casket remained in the "Quinta de Olivos" presidential residence until the March 1976 coup. The coffin was then placed in the Perón family tomb in Chacarita Cemetery, located in the Chacarita ward of the city of Buenos Aires. In July 1987, 13 years after his death, the Peronist Justicialist Party received an anonymous letter claiming Perón's hands
Guns in the Hands of Artists Guns in the Hands of Artists Guns in the Hands of Artists is an art exhibit and project conceived by Brian Borrello in the mid 1990s, which was later converted to a book. The "Guns in the Hands of Artists" project was conceived by artist Brian Borrello in the mid 1990s, and started in 1996; the exhibit saw artists convert decommissioned guns into artworks as an expression of gun violence in the United States. Borrello acquired decommissioned guns obtained through a trade-in program, then gave them to New Orleans-based artists, who converted them into artworks in a variety of media,