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A Krumper danced in front of the police for BLM
Read more: A Krumper danced in front of the police for BLMJo’Artis Ratti is sure he looked intimidating to the police officers who were suddenly confronted by his agitated dancing at a California protest Sunday. “I’m 210 pounds,” said Ratti, 35. “I have tattoos on my neck. I don’t have a…
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On The Artistic Activism of Emory Douglas
Read more: On The Artistic Activism of Emory Douglas“The solidarity came in the artwork—it spoke a language that transcended borders.” Emory Douglas “Art is a powerful tool, a language that can be used to enlighten, inform and guide to action,” Emory Douglas has said.1 The former Minister of…
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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 quiltHundreds of artists, cultural workers and activists gathered on the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Fifth Avenue in New York on Sunday (24 March), demanding that the most visited museum in the US publicly call for a…
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BUSHFIRE BRANDALISM – Australia
Read more: BUSHFIRE BRANDALISM – AustraliaThis weekend 41 Artists took to the streets across 3 Australian cities for the nation’s largest unsanctioned art campaign #BushfireBrandalism. The streets of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane have become the backdrop for the nation’s largest unsanctioned outdoor art exhibition. Organized…
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Kurdish Artist Zehra Doğan Has Been Freed in Turkey After 3 Years for Illustrating Turkey’s Violence
Read more: Kurdish Artist Zehra Doğan Has Been Freed in Turkey After 3 Years for Illustrating Turkey’s ViolenceThe Kurdish journalist and artist Zehra Doğan was freed yesterday after nearly three years in prison, Hyperallergic reports. Doğan first caught the attention of the Turkish authorities back in 2017 with a watercolor that depicted a Kurdish district after Turkish…
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Can Art Change the War? An Update on the Solidarity NFT Project for Ukraine
Read more: Can Art Change the War? An Update on the Solidarity NFT Project for UkraineIn March of 2022, JR, with the help of 100 volunteers, unfurled the portrait of five-year-old, Ukrainian refugee Valeriia in Lviv, Ukraine. Leaving Ukraine, JR saw firsthand how difficult it was for women and children to get to safety due…
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Raising Awareness of Migration and COVID 19 through Graffiti and Street Art in Accra
Read more: Raising Awareness of Migration and COVID 19 through Graffiti and Street Art in AccraIn a bid to fight the spread of COVID-19, the EU Delegation to Ghana on Wednesday 27 May joined the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) and artists from the Ghana Graffiti Collective, to launch an…
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World Art Day 2022: Ghanaian graffiti artists launch environmental protection campaign in Ada
Read more: World Art Day 2022: Ghanaian graffiti artists launch environmental protection campaign in AdaAs part of the commemoration of this year’s World Art Day (April 15), Ghanaian-based Tapioca Foundation and Imposters Art Collective have embarked on a campaign to educate the public about environmental sustainability. The project, which was launched in Ada in…
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MESOAMÉRICA RESISTE
Read more: MESOAMÉRICA RESISTEThe Beehive Design Collective is a wildly motivated, all-volunteer, activist arts collective dedicated to “cross-pollinating the grassroots” by creating collaborative, anti-copyright images for use as educational and organizing tools. We work as word-to-image translators of complex global stories, shared with…
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Hysterical: Radical Creativity
Read more: Hysterical: Radical CreativityFor Women’s History Month 2024, Hysterical Collective presented: Hysterical: Radical Creativity – the third instalment of the annual charity art exhibition and cultural programme taking place in March each year. Co-founded and curated by Eliza Hatch of Cheer Up Luv…
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TikTok Prank on Trump
Read more: TikTok Prank on TrumpUsers on the social media app TikTok are claiming some credit for the disappointing turnout at the president’s rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, over the weekend, after a weeks-long campaign to artificially inflate the number of people registered to attend. The…
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Cruel
Read more: Cruel“Cruel” is a book written by Sue Coe, an activist illustrator known for her dedication to animal rights. It continues her mission of shedding light on how animals are mistreated in the food industry. The book is filled with striking…