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Naked Barcelona Animal Rights Activists Covered in Blood to be “Human Meat” Protesting

Practitioner:
Barcelona Animal Rights Activists

Date:
May 23 2016

Naked animal rights activists have covered themselves in blood and wrapped themselves in giant meat packaging in the middle of Barcelona. The Spanish branch of animal rights organisation AnimaNaturalis staged the protest on Sunday, on Barcelona’s Sant Jaume plaza.Activists protested…

Nazi control room reopens as Topography of Terror museum in Berlin

Practitioner:
Berlin Artist

Date:
May 23 2016

It was once the most feared address in Berlin, a place easy to enter but very hard to leave. Now the ruins of the former engine room of Nazi terror at Prinz Albrecht Strasse in Berlin have been preserved in…

You are not in control of your own health anymore. I am.

Practitioner:
Free Food

Date:
May 23 2016

You are not in control of your own health anymore. I am. (An open letter from a graphic designer — or some other clickbait inducing title) Picture this. You’re sitting at your cubicle during your allotted thirty-minute lunch break and…

National Memorial for Peace and Justice

Practitioner:
Equal Justice Initiative

Date:
May 23 2016

The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, opening to the public on April 26, 2018, will become the nation’s first memorial dedicated to the legacy of enslaved black people, people terrorized by lynching, African Americans humiliated by racial segregation and…

How Art Gives Shape to Cultural Change

Practitioner:
Thelma Golden

Date:
May 23 2016

Thelma Golden, curator at the Studio Museum in Harlem, talks through three recent shows that explore how art examines and redefines culture. The “post-black” artists she works with are using their art to provoke a new dialogue about race and…

The Whole World Is An Art School

Practitioner:
Bob and Roberta Smith

Date:
May 23 2016

Bob and Roberta Smith has been at the forefront of activist art for 2 decades; so who better to ask about how art is responding to these politically bleak times? “THE WHOLE WORLD IS AN ART SCHOOL!” is the emblazoned…

#BeyChella

Practitioner:
Beyonce

Date:
May 23 2016

Beyoncé delivered an intensely, unapologetic celebration of Black and HBCU culture at the Coachella Festival 2 weekends in a row. Not only were her performances some of the best live performances to date but they sent a pretty significant message…

Making Fun

Practitioner:
Jennifer Holcomb

Date:
May 23 2016

Oh, the lack of humanity! We’re defined by our commute. Home to work, work to home, rinse and repeat. We can blame the inundation of ugly mass advertising or distracting technology for society’s decline into autopilot, but modern culture is…

Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects at the Legacy Gallery in Victoria, B.C.

Practitioner:
University of Vitoria

Date:
May 23 2016

We’re proud to announce the third iteration of Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects, an ongoing series of exhibitions organized by Chris E. Vargas, Executive Director of the Museum of Transgender Hirstory & Art! For this iteration Trans Hirstory in 99…

Chinese Feminist Act Against Sexual Harassment on Subway

Practitioner:
Zheng Xi

Date:
May 23 2016

Zheng Xi 郑熹, a Ph.D. candidate with a focus on gender studies at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou. Zheng has launched a campaign asking city governments around China to display anti-sexual-harassment logos, complete with a groper’s “salty-pig hand” visual (etymological context…