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about 3 months ago (02/12/2024)
Tania Bruguera’s reading at Hamburger Bahnhof shut down after heated pro-Palestine protests Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Israel-Hamas war news Tania Bruguera’s reading at Hamburger Bahnhof shut down after heated pro-Palestine protests A statement from the museum says the incident involved activists using “hate speech” towards one of the readers and a museum director Gareth Harris 12 February 2024 Share Tania Bruguera invited artists, activists and members of the public, read from Hannah Arendt’s The Origins of Totalitarianism © Estudio Bruguera / Nationalgalerie – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Jacopo La Forgia The artist and activist Tania Bruguera’s non-stop reading of Hannah Arendt’s The Origins of Totalitarianism at Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin was halted on Saturday (10 February) after pro-Palestine protestors disrupted the event...
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about 3 months ago (02/09/2024)
Is censorship on the rise in the West? Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search The Week in Art podcast Is censorship on the rise in the West? Plus, Frank Auerbach at the Courtauld and an Indian painting from Howard Hodgkin’s collection Hosted by Ben Luke ....
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about 3 months ago (02/06/2024)
Ai Weiwei criticises ‘fragile’ state of Western democracy following Sky News interview Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Artists news Ai Weiwei criticises ‘fragile’ state of Western democracy following Sky News interview The dissident artist argues that restrictions manifest more subtly in Europe and the US Gareth Harris 6 February 2024 Share Ai tells The Art Newspaper that the idea that "the West embodied greater freedom of speech and press" is an illusion Courtesy skynews.com The Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has gone into more detail about his views on censorship in the West after telling Sky News in an interview at the weekend that “in universities, in the media, political sector, everywhere—you cannot talk about the truth”...
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about 4 months ago (12/18/2023)
Ancient Saint Hilarion Monastry in the Gaza Strip gains enhanced protection from Unesco Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Israel-Hamas war news Ancient Saint Hilarion Monastry in the Gaza Strip gains enhanced protection from Unesco The archaelogical site, which dates back to the fourth century, has reportedly sustained damage during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war Sarvy Geranpayeh 18 December 2023 Share A view of Saint Hilarion Monastery before the damage caused by the current conflict Photo: Ahmed Zakot / SOPA Images/Sipa USA Unesco has granted provisional enhanced protection to Saint Hilarion Monastery in the Gaza Strip following reports that it has sustained damage during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war...
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about 5 months ago (12/15/2023)
Podcast | The Year in Review 2023: the biggest stories and the best shows | The Week in Art Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search The Week in Art podcast The Year in Review 2023: the biggest stories and the best shows From the British Museum thefts to the consequences in art and heritage of the Israel-Hamas war Sponsored by Hosted by Ben Luke ...
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about 5 months ago (12/14/2023)
Arnolfini censorship row deepens as artists refuse to work with the Bristol institution Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Censorship news Arnolfini censorship row deepens as artists refuse to work with the Bristol institution The dispute was sparked by a decision to cancel Palestine Film Festival events Gareth Harris 14 December 2023 Share Signatories say that the Arnolfini's cancellation is "part of an alarming pattern of censorship and repression within the arts sector" Courtesy Artists for Palestine UK More than 1,000 cultural figures—including the artists Ben Rivers, Brian Eno and Tai Shani—are refusing to work with the Arnolfini contemporary arts centre in Bristol, UK, after the institution cancelled two events last month as part of the city’s Palestine Film Festival...
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about 5 months ago (12/13/2023)
Protesters calling for Gaza ceasefire stage die-in at Canadian Museum for Human Rights Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Museums & Heritage news Protesters calling for Gaza ceasefire stage die-in at Canadian Museum for Human Rights The action, staged on International Human Rights Day, lasted 64 minutes in observance of the 64 days since the Israel-Hamas war began Hadani Ditmars 13 December 2023 Share The 10 December protest at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights Listen from Queers for Palestine - Winnipeg Palestinian solidarity groups, activists and community members marked International Human Rights Day on Sunday (10 December) by calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and staging a mass “die-in”for 64 minutes at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) in Winnipeg...
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about 5 months ago (12/09/2023)
‘Silence is unacceptable’: artists gather outside Art Basel in Miami Beach to protest ongoing war in Gaza Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Art Basel in Miami Beach 2023 news ‘Silence is unacceptable’: artists gather outside Art Basel in Miami Beach to protest ongoing war in Gaza Art community joins South Florida Coalition for Palestine's demonstration outside the fair Anny Shaw 9 December 2023 Share Activists protesting outside the convention centre on Friday were closely watched by dozens of police officers © Liliana Mora More than 100 Miami-based artists and members of the South Florida Coalition for Palestine, which includes groups such as the Jewish Voice for Peace, gathered outside Art Basel in Miami Beach on Friday afternoon to protest what they describe as “Israel’s genocidal campaign” against Palestinians in Gaza...
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about 5 months ago (12/07/2023)
London’s Middle Eastern art sales have defied tensions Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Israel-Hamas war news London’s Middle Eastern art sales have defied tensions Auction purchases by Arab cultural entities overcome early uncertainties of Israel-Hamas war Melissa Gronlund 7 December 2023 Share Samia Halaby’s Seventh Cross No...