New York’s Jeffrey Deitch apologized to artist Miles Greenberg after an ascendant rapper staged an event at the gallery that appeared to draw upon a performance done in the same location in 2021. The musician, Lexa Gates, promoted her new album by walking for hours inside a giant wheel at Jeffrey Deitch on January 14. Titled The Wheel, Gates’s performance was meant to “reinforce the message of persistence, emotional resilience and forward motion that acts as the central theme of the record,” according to the event’s official description. Her related album, I Am, has received coverage from such outlets as Pitchfork, which gave it a score of 5.5 out of 10. Related Articles On a post by Gates promoting the event, Greenberg noted that The Wheel seemed akin to his own performance Oysterknife, for which the artist walked for nearly an entire day straight on a conveyor belt while a digital clock marked time. When Oysterknife debuted at the Marina Abramović Institute in 2020, the performance was briefly halted when Greenberg lost consciousness. The next …