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The Defining Artworks of 2025

12/08/2025

By some measures, democracy is in downward decline in quite a few countries across the world, while censorship is only increasing. (A coincidence? Hardly.) But even with so much valid concern about the fragility of the world order more broadly, …

Метки : демократияцензураискусствопротестправа человекатрансгендерные права

A 3,000-Pound Ice Sculpture Installed on The National Mall in DC

10/16/2025

As of this morning, the 3,000-pound ice sculpture spelling out “Democracy” placed yesterday on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. has likely melted. Though the installation is short lived, that’s entirely the point. Standing at five feet tall and 17 …

Метки : искусствоскульптураактивизмдемократияben cohenконцептуальное искусство

London's National Gallery Creates Citizens Panel to Shape its Future

08/07/2025

The National Gallery in London is implementing a panel of citizens to advise the museum on its policy and direction. The new assembly will be comprised of members of public from across the United Kingdom. Next month, 15,000 households in …

Метки : национальная галереягражданское участиедемократияискусствовеликобританияобщественные проекты

Heather Gerken Named President of Ford Foundation

07/03/2025

Heather Gerken Named President of Ford Foundation TheFord Foundation, one of the United States’ largest and most prominent philanthropic concerns, with an endowment of about $16 billion, has namedHeather Gerkenas its next president. Gerken, the dean of Yale Law School …

Метки : фонд фордхизер геркенадемократияблаготворительностьправа человеканаследие

New York Developer Hopes Democracy Museum Puts Casino Bid over the Top

04/08/2025

In December, New York’s Gaming Facility Location Board will decide who in New York City gets one of three downstate licenses for a casino. There are currently 11 major multibillion-dollar development proposals on the table right now, each promising neighborhood …

Метки : нью-йоркигорные заведениямузейпатриотизмдемократияsoloviev group

Hong Kong Artist Receives Prison Sentence for Political ‘Subversion’

11/21/2024

45 well-known pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong were sentenced in a mass trial on Tuesday under the national security law implemented in 2020, the Hong Kong Free Press reported. It is the largest case of its kind invoked under the …

Метки : гонконгдемократиянациональный закон о безопасностиактивизмсудполитика