Tania Bruguera’s reading at Hamburger Bahnhof shut down after heated pro-Palestine protests
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. Bruguera’s 100-hour reading of Arendt’s analysis of the conditions that led to the Nazi and Soviet totalitarian regimes, began on 7 February and was due to end on 11 February. She invited artists, activists, members of the public and more to take part in the reading, which took place around the clock.