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US Holocaust Museum Denounces Tim Walz for Anne Frank ICE Comparison

01/28/2026

The US Holocaust Memorial Museum pushed back against Minnesota Governor Tim Walz this week after he compared victims of ICE raids in his state to Anne Frank, a Jewish girl who was killed in a concentration camp during the Holocaust. …

Метки : анна фрайхолокостiceминнеаполиспротестыантисемитизм

Minneapolis Institute of Art Closes Again After Alex Pretti Killing

01/26/2026

The Minneapolis Institute of Art, the city’s leading art museum, announced on Sunday that it would remain closed on Sunday “for the safety of staff and visitors,” according to a statement posted to Instagram. The institution was one of many …

Метки : искусствоминнесотапротестыстрельбабезопасностьобщество

M HKA Says Government Plan to Dissolve Museum Is Illegal

01/06/2026

A plan by the Flemish government to dissolve M HKA, a beloved contemporary art institution in Antwerp, has come under further fire, with a legal review initiated by the museum now claiming that such a move would be illegal. VRT …

Метки : искусствомузейфламандское правительствосовременное искусствоантверпенпротесты

Artist Withdraws Painting from Kochi-Muziris Biennale After Protests

01/05/2026

One week after an exhibition associated with India’s top biennial, the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, closed to due to religious protests, the offending painting has been withdrawn from the show. The work, Supper at a Nunnery by Tom Vattakuzhy, was being exhibited …

Метки : искусствопротестыиндияkochi biennaleкартинасвобода искусства

In 2025, Censorship and Firings Defined a Fractured Art World

12/29/2025

In its 2024 Year-in-Review, ARTnews noted a widening schism in the art world, defined by a moral fault: the continued support of Israel amid the destruction of Gaza. A year later—and more than three years into what a UN commission …

Метки : искусствоцензураполитикавыставкисвобода выраженияпротесты

A Searing Petition Protests Serbia’s Venice Biennale Pick

12/11/2025

It seems the US is not the only country whose Venice Biennale pick is stirring up discontent in the arts community back home. Prague-based artist Predrag Đaković was tapped to represent Serbia at the 2026 Venice Biennale with a project …

Метки : венецианская биенналесербияискусство#культурапротестыпредраг джаковић

Louvre Jewels Thieves Evaded Police by a 'Hair's Breadth'

12/11/2025

The thieves who stole jewelry from the Louvre evaded capture in October “by a hair’s breadth,” a senior official from the administrative inquiry into the museum’s security failings told the French Senate on Wednesday, as reported by Le Figaro. Noël …

Метки : лувркражабезопасностьдрагоценностимузейпротесты

Protesters Storm Nigeria's New Museum, Forcing Abrupt End to Event

11/11/2025

After more than five years in development, Nigeria’s glitzy Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) in Benin City was set to host a series of preview events this week ahead of a grand public opening on Tuesday. Instead, it was …

Метки : музейпротестызападная африканигерияискусствоистория.

Activists Protest Cai Guo-Qiang at Centre Pompidou

10/27/2025

A fireworks show by Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang outside the Centre Pompidou in Paris last week drew condemnation from activists who previously called for a boycott of the artist earlier this year. The Paris performance, titled Le Dernier Carnival (The …

Метки : искусствотибетцай гуо-цяньсобытияэкологияпротесты

Trump Orders Reinstatement of Monument to Confederate General

08/05/2025

A statue of a Confederate general that was toppled and burned in Washington, D.C., amid Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 will be reinstalled, the National Park Service said. The federal agency shared on Monday an image of the bronze …

Метки : статуяпайкпротестыblack lives matterвосстановлениеистория.

Trump Met with Mixed Reception at Kennedy Center's 'Les Misérables'

06/12/2025

While attending a fundraiser at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday evening, President Donald Trump was booed, reported the Washington Post. The president arrived with wife and first lady Melania to support the art center …

Метки : дональд трампискусствомюзиклкеннеди центрблаготворительностьпротесты

Amid Anti-ICE Protests, MOCA Los Angeles Venue Remains Closed

06/12/2025

The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles said it would keep its Geffen Contemporary space closed to the public through the weekend as the National Guard continues to face off with anti-ICE protestors nearby. This past Sunday, MOCA closed the …

Метки : искусствопротестылос-анджелесмузейнадя толоконниковаice

Art Historian Protests Restoration of Monument Graffitied in 2020

05/23/2025

An art historian who chaired Louisville’s public art commission said he would leave his post amid plans to restore a statue of King Louis XVI graffitied by protestors in 2020 following the police killing of Breonna Taylor. In an op-ed …

Метки : искусстволуисвиллпамятникипротестысоциальные вопросырейтц

Just Stop Oil Announces It Will Cease Museum Demonstrations

04/01/2025

Just Stop Oil Announces It Will Cease Museum Demonstrations UK-based environmental activist groupJust Stop Oilon March 27revealedthat it will no longer mount protests targeting museums and public spaces following a final demonstration, to take place in London’s Parliament Square on …

Метки : экологияactivismполитикапротестывосприятие искусстваклиматические изменения