Art
Diyarbakır's Art Scene and the Voice of Kurdish Resistance
The center of Kurdish cultural revival has a new nonprofit independent art space that hopes to bridge the divide between local artists and the international art community.
Dorian Batycka
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As Site of Nazi Terror Is Repurposed, Some Reflections on Memory and Public Art in Germany Today
In Germany, two vastly different approaches to public and memorial art are underscoring some of the tensions currently unfolding in the country today.
In Brief
A Prominent Statue of Canada’s First Prime Minister Gets Vandalized, Again
Anonymous protesters sprayed a statue of Sir John A. Macdonald to protest his maltreatment of Indigenous peoples.
Art
The Revolution Will Not Be Biennalized
The 10th Berlin Biennale proves that Germany has yet to confront its contradictions as a place that is open and welcoming to refugees versus a place of growing anti-immigrant, right-wing populism.
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Scottish Band that Supports BDS Was Banned, Then Re-Invited by German Triennial
Young Fathers were originally slated to perform at the Ruhrtriennale on August 18; they have yet to respond to the artistic director's invitation back to the triennial.
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Dispute Erupts Over Artist's “Monument for Strangers and Refugees” in Germany
The city fo Kassel wants to relocate Olu Oguibe's public sculpture, commissioned for last year's Documenta.
In Brief
Police Raid Anarchist Library in Berlin's Kreuzberg Neighborhood
Police officers reportedly broke open the door to Kalabal!K, an anarchist library, and raided an apartment in the same building while executing a search warrant for two men.
Art
Istanbul's Leading Contemporary Art Space Reopens in a Very Different Turkey
The inaugural exhibition in SALT Beyoğlu's revamped space, which was shuttered in 2016, features works by the Turkish artists Aydan Murtezaoğlu and Bülent Şangar.
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French Authorities Move to Evict Decade-Old Commune, Tearing Down Unique Structures
The Zone à Défendre sprang up in the late 2000s in opposition to construction of a new airport in western France; now that project has been abandoned and authorities want to evict hundreds of occupiers.
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An Unsanctioned Artistic Tribute to the Polish President Who Died in a Plane Crash
To mark the eighth anniversary of President Lech Kaczyński's death in a plane crash, Polish artist Pawel Althamer brought a renegade tribute to the presidential palace in Warsaw.