Projects tagged
Performance
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Ballerina uses art to express solidarity with Iran protests
Read more: Ballerina uses art to express solidarity with Iran protestsAMNA NAWAZ: Since anti-government protests erupted in Iran last year, people around the world have taken to social media to show their support. That includes an Iranian American ballerina who’s tapping into her own heritage and her art, in solidarity…
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Climate Protesters Smear Paint on Case and Pedestal of Degas Sculpture at National Gallery of Art
Read more: Climate Protesters Smear Paint on Case and Pedestal of Degas Sculpture at National Gallery of ArtOn Thursday, two climate protesters dressed in suits smeared paint on the case and pedestal of Edgar Degas’s sculpture Little Dancer Aged Fourteen sculpture at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The protest, which happened around 11 a.m.,…
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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 Subculture Group’s permit to operate Artist Alley was revoked earlier this…
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How Protest Art Is Helping Fuel the Historic Demonstrations Erupting Across China
Read more: How Protest Art Is Helping Fuel the Historic Demonstrations Erupting Across ChinaStudents at art colleges across China are taking a strong stance in the midst of the largest wave of protests to have gripped the country since 1989. As demonstrations against the government’s strict Covid-19 policies erupted across the country over…
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Can’t Help Myself
Read more: Can’t Help MyselfIn 2016, the Guggenheim Museum commissioned its very first robotic artwork called Can’t Help Myself (Wannmann, 2016). The artwork is created by two of China’s most controversial artists Sun Yuan and Peng Yu and can be described as a robotic…
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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Release Two Live Albums For Australian Wildfire Benefit
Read more: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Release Two Live Albums For Australian Wildfire BenefitKing Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have released a pair of live albums to benefit relief efforts in response to devastating wildfires in their native Australia. The Melbourne-bred psych outfit released two live albums on Bandcamp, one of which was…
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César Chávez and the Migrants
Read more: César Chávez and the MigrantsThe play celebrates the life and legacy of the Mexican-American labor activist César Chávez. His early life as well as his partnership with Dolores Huerta, activism with the National Farm Workers Association, the 1968 grape boycott, and his ongoing commitment…
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Björk and Environmental Activism
Read more: Björk and Environmental Activism“In a world where artists do themselves no financial favours by voicing critical political sentiments, Björk’s iconoclastic position and perspective is almost unique. Despite having made zero concessions to commerciality in her music, she has sold millions of albums, and…
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Lil Baby “The Bigger Picture”
Read more: Lil Baby “The Bigger Picture”Lil Baby, a popular American rapper, released a song titled “The Bigger Picture” in 2020 in response to the Black Lives Matter movement and the protests that took place following the murder of George Floyd by a police officer. The…
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Anatomic Explosion
Read more: Anatomic ExplosionOBLITERATE WALL STREET MEN WITH POLKA DOTS In the mid-to-late 1960s, Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama staged a series of happenings. Situated someplace between the physically participatory (be-in) space of protest culture and an Art Brut magick ceremony, Kusama’s polka-dot drenched…