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Venice Biennale Faces Mass Outcry Over Return of Russian Pavilion

03/09/2026

The forthcoming Venice Biennale will see the first Russian Pavilion since the onset of the nation’s war in Ukraine in 2022, and few outside Russia seem happy about it. Ukraine itself issued a blistering statement about the pavilion this weekend, …

Метки : венецианская биенналеукраинароссиясовременное искусствопротестполитика

Winston Churchill Statue Vandalized in London with Graffiti

03/02/2026

A bronze statue of Winston Churchill near the Houses of Parliament in London was vandalized with graffiti reading “Stop the Genicide” and “Free Palestine” as well as “Never Again is Now” and “Globalise the Intifada.” As reported by the BBC, …

Метки : черчилльлондонвандализмпротестполитикавеликобритания

Artist Eimear Walshe to Face Trial for Protest Against US Military

02/09/2026

Eimear Walshe, who represented Ireland at the 2024 Venice Biennale, will face trial starting tomorrow for a case centering around the artist’s involvement in a protest against the US military staged at an airport in their home country. Walshe will …

Метки : судвенецианская биенналепротестправа человекаирландияискусство

Washington Post Art Critic Sebastian Smee Laid Off, Philip Kennicott Remains

02/06/2026

Billionaire Jeff Bezos’s Washington Post laid off some thirty percent of its employees on Wednesday, according to sources quoted in the New York Times, slashing the paper’s sports, local news, and international coverage. More than 300 of the approximately 800 …

Метки : журналистикаджефф безоспулитцеровская премияпротестискусствомедиа

Minneapolis Artists Put Their Bodies on the Line Against ICE

01/30/2026

When U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents subdued, disarmed, and then killed nurse Alex Pretti on January 24, it was on the doorstep of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) and just a few blocks from the Minneapolis …

Метки : миннеаполисполицияиммиграцияискусствопротестобщество

US Art Spaces Shutter Nationwide in Support of General Strike Protesting ICE

01/30/2026

US Art Spaces Shutter Nationwide in Support of General Strike Protesting ICE Art spaces across the US and abroad will go dark tomorrow, Friday, January 30, in support of a nationwide general strike in protest of Department of Homeland Security …

Метки : забастовкаискусствоиммиграциясолидарностьпротестминнесота

Galleries in New York and LA Join the Anti-ICE National Strike

01/30/2026

In a rare show of political solidarity for the art world, a growing number of New York galleries will close on Friday, January 30, as part of the nationwide general strike protesting expanded Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations. These …

Метки : искусствосолидарностьпротестзабастовкамиграцияправа человека

Alaska College Student Arrested for Eating AI Artwork Speaks Out

01/24/2026

The University of Alaska Fairbanks undergraduate arrested earlier this week for eating an AI-generated artwork on view in an MFA exhibition has since addressed his controversial meal. Graham Granger, a student in the school’s film and performing arts program, was …

Метки : искусствоиипротест#культураправовандализм

Minneapolis’s Walker Art Center to Temporarily Close in Support of ICE Protest

01/23/2026

Minneapolis’s Walker Art Center to Temporarily Close in Support of ICE Protest TheWalker Art Centerin Minneapolis will close to the public on January 23 in support of the Day of Truth and Freedom protest taking place in Minnesota that day. …

Метки : искусствопротестминнеаполисзакрытие.обществоice

Walker Art Center Will Close Tomorrow for ICE Protest

01/23/2026

The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis will close Friday, January 23, during the Day of Truth and Freedom protest, a state-wide action organized in response to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) presence in Minnesota communities. Organizers of the action, …

Метки : протестминнеаполисiceзабастовкасвобода#культура

Art Student Arrested for Eating AI-Generated Art in Protest

01/17/2026

Artists and other creative people (not to mention, ahem, journalists) have been deeply concerned about the way that their work has been hoovered up by tech companies to fuel artificial intelligence–powered image and text generators. In 2023, several digital artists …

Метки : искусствотехнологиипсихоз иисудебный искпротест#творчество

An Artist Is Chanting Renee Good's Last Words Outside ICE HQ

01/14/2026

“I’m not mad at you, dude,” Renee Nicole Good, a poet and mother living in Minneapolis, told her eventual killer, a masked ICE agent. Good’s death—captured on video—has made global headlines and added fuel to the ongoing mobilization of Minneapolis’s …

Метки : протестискусствоиммиграциясоциальная критикаактивизмнью-йорк

Israel Plots Venice Biennale Return as Artists Threaten a Boycott

01/13/2026

Israel will officially take part in the 2026 Venice Biennale, two years after the pavilion closed to the public amid protests on opening day. But this time around, the pavilion will not be staged in Israel’s dedicated site in the …

Метки : венецианская биенналеискусствоизраильпротестпавильонфайнару

Uffizi Staffers Protest Mass Layoff of Part-Time Workers

01/09/2026

Uffizi Staffers Protest Mass Layoff of Part-Time Workers Roughly one hundredUffizistaffers staged a demonstration in the courtyard of the venerable Florence institution on January 4, protesting an effective layoff of the museum’s casual workers spurred by a change in service …

Метки : уффиципротествременные работникиувольнениепрофсоюзкультурное наследие