Main Gallery
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East Side Gallery
Read more: East Side GallerySince the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9th, 1989, the cement segments that remain have stood as something more symbolic than just a wall. With installations in every continent, except for Antarctica, the East Side Gallery is the…
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Noname’s “Song 33” Calls Attention to Violence Against Black Trans Women
Read more: Noname’s “Song 33” Calls Attention to Violence Against Black Trans WomenIn 2020 Noname, a Chicago rapper, activist, and poet, released the single titled “Song 33” to address racism in America and the Black Lives Matter movement. She specifically raps about the killings of George Floyd and Black Lives Matter activist…
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Conflict Kitchen
Read more: Conflict KitchenConflict Kitchen is a restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict. Each Conflict Kitchen iteration is augmented by events, performances, publications, and discussions that seek to expand the engagement the public has…
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Florida Modern Slavery Museum
Read more: Florida Modern Slavery MuseumIn December 2008, farm labor contractors Cesar and Geovanni Navarrete were each sentenced to twelve years in prison for their part in what U.S. Attorney Doug Molloy called “slavery, plain and simple.” According to the Justice Department, the employers “pleaded…
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Entheon
Read more: EntheonA striking new cultural space is taking shape in New York’s Hudson Valley. Alex Grey and Allyson Grey, co-founders of CoSM, Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, have launched a Kickstarter campaign to build Entheon, sanctuary of visionary art, to ask for…
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Silence = Death
Read more: Silence = DeathThis is a prime example of the marriage of art and activism. The Silence = Death poster is simple but extremely powerful representation of the obstacles the AIDS movement was facing (suppression of gay people + their problems, lack of…
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Reflections from Inside
Read more: Reflections from InsideWe Save Lives, a non-profit created by MADD founder Candace Lightner, has launched “Reflections from Inside,” an online film against drunk driving. The title refers to the live footage of Kris Caudilla, a convicted drunk driver currently serving 15 years…
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Chinese women protest at gynaecology checks for civil service jobs
Read more: Chinese women protest at gynaecology checks for civil service jobsOn November 26, 2012, about ten college students “flash mobbed” the front of the human resources and social welfare department of Hubei Province in central China. “Refuse to take off pants for inspection,” “Ask about menstrual history, what does it…
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Buffalo 5/14 Survivors Fund
Read more: Buffalo 5/14 Survivors FundOn May 14, 2022, the Buffalo community suffered a devastating act of violence when a gunman opened fire at the Tops Friendly Market on Jefferson Avenue, killing ten people and wounding three. Many have asked how to help. In partnership…
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Transient Typewrite Project
Read more: Transient Typewrite ProjectFounded by Bobby Gordon and Nayeli Adorador Knudsen, The Melrose Poetry Bureau is a public intervention involving a whole lot of typewriters, a public space, and the chaos that ensues. Once a location is picked for an intervention, Bobby and…
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Air Pollution
Read more: Air PollutionAn artist who sparked significant awareness regarding the issues of climate change was Olafur Eliasson. Eliasson’s main objective has been to catch people’s attention and make them feel emotions and care about climate change because many people do not connect…
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Protest against Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
Read more: Protest against Iranian President Hassan RouhaniA Femen activist, Sarah Constantin, is hanged from a noose-like rope from a Paris bridge to call attention to the large number of executions in Iran as she stages a protest against visiting Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Paris, Thursday,…