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Zone à Défendre, or “zone to defend” (ZAD)
Read more: Zone à Défendre, or “zone to defend” (ZAD)The ZAD (zone à défendre, or “zone to defend”) in Western France is 4000 acres of wetland, farmland and forest that was originally intended to be built into an airport in 1965 but is now an autonomous territory occupied by…
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Reimagining Albus
Read more: Reimagining AlbusThrough her work, South African art activist Athenkosi Kwinana aspires to deepen the understanding of Albinism in her native country, where she has faced discrimination in most aspects of her life from childhood days on. Working with both drawing and…
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Embarking on a journey through a sea of theater
Read more: Embarking on a journey through a sea of theaterChina’s only seaside theater festival has been held in the resort town of Aranya in north China’s Hebei Province. Artists from around the world traveled there to take deep dive into the world of dramatic performance. For theatergoers, there were…
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Heritage loss and the Importance of the Past
Read more: Heritage loss and the Importance of the PastDropping a Han Dynasty Urn (1995) by Ai Weiwei is a highly provocative work of art. This series of three black and white photographs portray the artist holding a 2,000-year-old Han dynasty urn that, frame by frame, he drops, it…
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Old People’s Home
Read more: Old People’s HomeThese thirteen life-like sculptures resemble familiar politicians, admirals, generals, bishops, and dictators. Portrayed as frail seniors, they sit dozing off and drooling in electric wheelchairs. They roll on a slow collision course, crashing into each other like bumper cars. The…
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LGBTQ Marriage Matching in China
Read more: LGBTQ Marriage Matching in ChinaSixth Tone – “A group of women trying to raise awareness of LGBT rights by advertising their single, gay sons and daughters at Shanghai’s “marriage market” were forced to disperse after a heated confrontation with other parents and security personnel.The…
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‘Met Museum, you’re complicit’: artists and activists take over museum’s front steps with giant pro-Palestine quilt
Read more: ‘Met Museum, you’re complicit’: artists and activists take over museum’s front steps with giant pro-Palestine quiltA two-hour rally at the New York museum drew many supportive cheers and honks, plus a handful of antagonistic shouts Benjamin Sutton 25 March 2024 Hundreds of artists, cultural workers and activists gathered on the steps of the Metropolitan Museum…
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MIS(S)PLACED WOMEN?
Read more: MIS(S)PLACED WOMEN?Mis(s)placed Women? (2009-2022), is a collaborative art project, consisting of performances, performance series, performance art workshops and delegated performances, including contributions by over 180 individuals from six continents. Many of them are artists, mainly identifying themselves as women from diverse…
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Transforming Lives at Kainbach Nursing Home with WochenKlausur’s Initiative
Read more: Transforming Lives at Kainbach Nursing Home with WochenKlausur’s InitiativeOn the occasion of the European Cultural Capital Graz 2003, WochenKlausur developed a year-long program of activities for older people with severe mental disabilities. The object was to offer them opportunities for a change of their daily routine inside the…
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This Historic Marian Anderson Performance Made Her an Icon of the Civil Rights Movement
Read more: This Historic Marian Anderson Performance Made Her an Icon of the Civil Rights MovementMarian Anderson, the legendary African American contralto, sang at the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday in 1939 after she was refused a performance at Washington’s Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution because she was black. Over 75,000…
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How Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Art Challenges Status Quo
Read more: How Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Art Challenges Status QuoJean-Michel Basquiat was an American artist who rose to fame in the 1980s. He is known for his graffiti-inspired paintings that often engage with issues surrounding racism and inequality. Basquiat’s work challenged the status quo and incited a powerful social…
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Interwoven Threads: The Art of Community and Sensory Expansion
Read more: Interwoven Threads: The Art of Community and Sensory ExpansionSebastián Mahaluf stands out as an artist deeply engaged in weaving the complex threads of human connection, community, and the interplay of personal and collective experiences. His notable work, “CONTRADICTION AND TENSION,” showcases his approach to art as a participatory…