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Bicycle Advocacy Love Your Lane
Read more: Bicycle Advocacy Love Your LaneOn April 7, 1973, some 400 cyclists chanting “Bikes don’t pollute” rode through midtown Manhattan in a “Bike-In” that called for separate lanes to encourage bicycling and provide safety on city streets. Bicycle advocacy had been building since the 1960s,…
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Activist Art on Fingertips
Read more: Activist Art on FingertipsThis has been a racially-charged year. How one challenges the status quo is an individual choice and many opt for artistic expression. Artistic expression can personified most visually on the body and while black pride tees are big, nail art…
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Voices of Freedom: The Impact and Legacy of Tania Bruguera’s #YoTambienExijo
Read more: Voices of Freedom: The Impact and Legacy of Tania Bruguera’s #YoTambienExijoThe beginnings of the #YoTambienExijo movement were born on 17 December 2014, when President Obama announcement a landmark warming of the 53-year chill between the United States and Cuba. “When I first heard about the Cuba-US reconciliation it had a…
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Yoko Ono, Add Colour (Refugee Boat) presented by the Tate Modern
Read more: Yoko Ono, Add Colour (Refugee Boat) presented by the Tate ModernAdd Colour (Refugee Boat) begins as an all-white boat in an all-white room. Ono’s instruction for this collective, participatory work reads: ‘Just blue like the ocean.’ You are invited to contribute your hopes and beliefs in blue and white. Ono…
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The Absurdity of War: Banksy’s ‘Love is in the Air’
Read more: The Absurdity of War: Banksy’s ‘Love is in the Air’Love is in the Air is a quintessential Banksy painting. The image of a masked militant poised to hurl a bouquet of flowers has become synonymous with the artist’s indelible graphic style. One of Banksy’s most coveted works on canvas,…
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She Draws the Urgency of Climate Change
Read more: She Draws the Urgency of Climate ChangeHer name is Zaria Forman, a leading artist in contemporary art with a cause. She is not only an exceptional human being; she is also an incredible American drawer who uses art to convey the emergency of climate change. Zaria’s…
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GLAAD and Ogilvy Launch “Protect This Kid” Campaign in Support of LGBTQ Youth
Read more: GLAAD and Ogilvy Launch “Protect This Kid” Campaign in Support of LGBTQ YouthOn Thursday, April 11th, GLAAD and Ogilvy, a global advertising, marketing and public relations agency, launched a bold worldwide digital campaign, “Protect This Kid,” in support of LGBTQ youth. 2024 has not been an easy year for LGBTQ people, youth…
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Ali Ferzat, Who Fearlessly Wields His Pen as a Powerful Weapon Against Oppressive Regimes
Read more: Ali Ferzat, Who Fearlessly Wields His Pen as a Powerful Weapon Against Oppressive RegimesAli Ferzat, the daring political cartoonist from Syria, fearlessly wields his pen as a powerful weapon against oppressive regimes. His illustrations pierce through the fabric of authoritarianism, revealing the raw truth that lies beneath. Despite facing unimaginable brutality, Ferzat’s indomitable…
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Reframing Trash Into Art
Read more: Reframing Trash Into ArtIn 2008, my work as an artist took me to a gigantic landfill outside Rio de Janeiro called Jardim Gramacho. After operating for more than 30 years, the sanitary facility, once one of the largest in the world, had reached…
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North Korean Artist Hopes Reverse Propaganda Will Change Lives Back Home
Read more: North Korean Artist Hopes Reverse Propaganda Will Change Lives Back HomeSong Byeok is one of the most acclaimed Korean artists living today. He is from North Korea, where he was a propaganda artist for the North Korean government for two decades. After defecting in 2002, Byeok has turned his prolific…
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Deepfake Activism: Campaign Uses AI to Target Germany’s Far-Right Party
Read more: Deepfake Activism: Campaign Uses AI to Target Germany’s Far-Right PartyThe German government is considering legal action after a deep fake video of Chancellor Olaf Scholz calls for the far-right AfD party to be banned. The German government is reviewing its approach to deep fake technology after a satirical video…
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NYPD to crack down on ‘sloppy’ cops with ban on shorts, white turtlenecks, cargo pants
Read more: NYPD to crack down on ‘sloppy’ cops with ban on shorts, white turtlenecks, cargo pantsThey’re real fashion police: Fed up with sloppy cops, the NYPD has moved to update its dress code, banning shorts on transit beats and white turtlenecks while on patrol. The department’s updated style guide, set to take effect next month,…