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Zhang Donghui, a young artist, was detained for more than three months and had to pay 3,995 yuan in compensation for writing the words “Three years, I have become numb.”
Read more: Zhang Donghui, a young artist, was detained for more than three months and had to pay 3,995 yuan in compensation for writing the words “Three years, I have become numb.”Zhang Donghui, born in 1992, is a native of Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China. He graduated from the Sculpture Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 2017. He has been living and working as a professional artist in Beijing…
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North Hall Takeover at UCSB
Read more: North Hall Takeover at UCSBFor some, October 14, 1968, was a clarion call to the future. On that day, a group of 12 black students at UC Santa Barbara, tired of the unequal treatment and passive-aggressive racism they received as Black athletes — and…
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#DontMuteDC and Moechella Protest
Read more: #DontMuteDC and Moechella ProtestIn response to white gentrifiers trying to silence go-go music on the corners of Florida Avenue and 7th Avenue, activists and D.C. residents poured into the streets by blasting go-go music and celebrating its rich history within the city. For…
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A TikTok Watermelon Filter Raising Money for Gaza Highlights the Platform’s Potential for Fundraising
Read more: A TikTok Watermelon Filter Raising Money for Gaza Highlights the Platform’s Potential for FundraisingA watermelon filter on TikTok is allowing users to raise funds to support civilians in Gaza, where more than 11,000 people have been killed since Israel began an offensive military attack on the Gaza Strip in October, after a Hamas…
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Ai Weiwei, Stools, 2014. Courtesy of Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
Read more: Ai Weiwei, Stools, 2014. Courtesy of Martin-Gropius-Bau, BerlinChinese artist Ai WeiWei has drawn on the stool part of that French surrealist’s pioneer work for his latest exhibition, the largest ever devoted to Ai, which opens in Berlin this Thursday. The show, entitled Evidence, is at Berlin’s Martin-Gropius-Bau…
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Black Unity- a powerful symbol of the Black Power movement
Read more: Black Unity- a powerful symbol of the Black Power movementSculptor and printmaker Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012) used her art to advocate for social change in both the U.S. and her adopted country of Mexico. Much of her work focuses on the experience of African American life and political struggle during…
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Protest in Inner Mongolia against CCP’s Mandarin-only Education
Read more: Protest in Inner Mongolia against CCP’s Mandarin-only EducationThousands of ethnic Mongolians have protested across northern China in opposition to Beijing plans to replace the Mongolian language with Chinese in some school subjects. Tuesday marked the first day of a policy revealed in June, to gradually transition the…
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You don’t like me? I’m gonna throw a party in front of your office window
Read more: You don’t like me? I’m gonna throw a party in front of your office windowOn Monday, May 22nd, trans children and teenagers from across the country threw a prom on the National Mall, a youth-led public celebration of trans joy at a time when more and more states are adopting viciously anti-trans legislation. The…
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@muchachafanzine
Read more: @muchachafanzineThe user muchachafanzine on instagram is an activist who writes a “decolonial native xicana feminist fanzine”. They are an online activist and they spread their message through their page, the zine, and through merchandise. Daisy Salinas began Muchacha Fanzine as…
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West Palm Beach arts community, drag queens protest against Clematis Street permit denial
Read more: West Palm Beach arts community, drag queens protest against Clematis Street permit denialWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Supporters of the LGBTQ+ and arts communities in West Palm Beach are protesting the closure of two popular spots for creatives in the city. Subculture Group’s permit to operate Artist Alley was revoked earlier this…