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Organization for the Democratization of the Visual Arts
Read more: Organization for the Democratization of the Visual ArtsODBK is an activist organization that aims to create a more equal, diverse, inclusive, transparent and democratic art world. ODBK seeks to do this by diversify and increase the number of people who understand and engage with contemporary art. We…
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Hair Nah
Read more: Hair NahHair Nah (https://hairnah.com/) is a game created by Momo Pixel, a Black woman who wanted to represent how it feels for people to touch her hair without consent. The game is fun but also impactful, especially with the mechanic of…
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Chinese AIDS activist Gao Yaojie
Read more: Chinese AIDS activist Gao YaojieGao Yaojie (Chinese: 高耀潔, Gao Yaojie; 19 December 1927 – 10 December 2023) was a Chinese gynecologist, academic, and AIDS activist based in Zhengzhou, Henan, China. Gao was honoured for her work by the United Nations and Western organizations whilst…
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Repellent Fence: Art, Activism, and the U.S.-Mexico Border
Read more: Repellent Fence: Art, Activism, and the U.S.-Mexico BorderThe Repellent Fence is a social collaborative project among individuals, communities, institutional organizations, publics, and sovereigns that culminate with the establishment of a large-scale temporary monument located near Douglas, Arizona and Agua Prieta, Sonora. This 2 mile long ephemeral land-art…
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Instantaneous ownership
Read more: Instantaneous ownership“Why should I play a celebrity and live in Beijing for 21 days without spending money?” From May 1st to May 21st, 2021, I spent 21 days in Beijing without spending money, and I was as elegant as a celebrity.…
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Beili Liu’s ‘The Mending Project’: Weaving Connections in a World Frayed by Time and Culture
Read more: Beili Liu’s ‘The Mending Project’: Weaving Connections in a World Frayed by Time and CultureIn the broad context of the modern world of art, the work of Beili Liu has always seemed extraordinary in visual terms and deeply profound in thematic development. Born in China and living in the United States, much of her…
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Un-Daily Bread
Read more: Un-Daily BreadIn response to an earlier project called “Daily Bread, Gregg Segal collaborated with the United Nations Refugee Agency to bring awareness to the crisis of refugees fleeing Venezuela through his project “Un-Daily Bread.” “We chose to look not only at…
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Liberation art from the Church
Read more: Liberation art from the ChurchFrom Black Power to Migrants’ Power BY Robin Cembalest POSTED 01/22/13 As ’60s activist art enters museums, a new generation is creating an iconography of protest for today “There have been the singing nun and the flying nun, but the…
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WomXnish
Read more: WomXnisha month-long interactive art exhibition in the heart of downtown Chicago celebrating women and gender nonconforming folks. Two sisters have made it their life’s mission to support women and create safe, uplifting, and simply FUN environments to connect in. After…
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Turkey’s Artists Protest Islamist Censorship After ‘Secret Obscenities’
Read more: Turkey’s Artists Protest Islamist Censorship After ‘Secret Obscenities’ANKARA, Turkey — In a recent play in Turkey, two actors wore trench coats in their role as assassins posing as perverts planning to flash girls near a school.The scene and its themes of nudity and sexual depravity are at…
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Modi, A Message To You
Read more: Modi, A Message To YouMode, A Message To You Remember the ska tune “A Message to You, Rudy” by the British band The Specials? Now an Indian band called the Ska Vengers is making waves with a cover of the song that wades deeply…
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Oriental Grocery
Read more: Oriental GroceryStephanie H. Shih is a Brooklyn-based ceramist who explores Asian American identity through clay interpretations of grocery items. The ceramicist has created life-size painted clay Sriracha bottles, Pocky cartons, soy sauce gallons, and instant ramen as part of a series…