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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

Brooklyn Museum to Lay Off 40 Employees

02/08/2025

The Brooklyn Museum said Friday that it will imminently lay off around 40 employees and reduce programming to ease a budget deficit with the potential to reach $10 million by June. The news was first reported by Hyperallergic and confirmed …

Метки : бруклинский музейувольнениябюджетный дефицитвыставкипротестыискусство

Berlin Slashes Arts and Culture Budget by $135 Million Despite Protests

12/27/2024

Berlin Slashes Arts and Culture Budget by $135 Million Despite Protests The Berlin government has sliced the city’s arts and culture budget by €130 million (about $135 million), sparking concerns that institutions may be forced to close and imperiling the …

Метки : берлинискусство#культурапротесты

Berlin Moves Ahead With €130 million Cuts to Arts, Prompting Concerns Over Closures

12/23/2024

Berlin’s government has pushed through a €130 million cut—12% of its culture budget—despite weeks of protests and warnings from the arts sector. The reduction, part of the city’s 2025 spending plan, has prompted widespread concerns over closures and threats to …

Метки : берлин#культурасокращениепротестыискусство

Pro-Palestinian Protests Roil Art Schools and Institutions Across the United States

05/07/2024

As the Israel-Hamas war continues, protesters havecontinuedto spill into the atriums and campuses of museums and art-education institutions across the country denouncing the conflict and calling for a ceasefire. TheArt Newspaperreports that students at Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute have since March …

Метки : протестыпалестинцысшаизраильхамасвойнаконфликтпрекращение огнястуд

Arts Professionals Enter the Fray as Pro-Palestinian Protests Spread

04/26/2024

As calls across the country grow for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, and college campuses and arts institutions increasingly become sites of public demonstrations related to the conflict, arts professionals and cultural workers are making their voices heard on …

Метки : профессионалыискусствопротестыпалестинаизраильхамасуниверситетыкульту