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Dorian Batycka

Dorian Batycka is an independent curator, art critic, and DJ currently
based Berlin. Previously, he was curator of contemporary art at Bait
Muzna for Art Film (Muscat, Oman), assistant curator for the first
ever Maldives National Pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale, and has
contributed to numerous publications including Art and Education,
Frieze Blog, Selections, and Nero. He can be found on Twitter and Instagram, @temp_projects.

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Artist Zehra Doğan Detained Following Protest at Berlin’s Pergamon Museum [UPDATED]

by Dorian Batycka July 18, 2019July 22, 2019

Doğan and three other artists adorned their bodies with cave paintings from Hasankeyf, an ancient Mesopotamian city, to protest its imminent destruction caused by the construction of a new dam.

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Imagining the Last Moments of Murdered Journalist Jamal Khashoggi

by Dorian Batycka June 27, 2019July 8, 2019

Abdulnasser Gharem’s “The Safe” (2019) is an installation that puts its visitors inside a padded room that recalls the slain journalist’s torture chamber.

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Violent Clashes Erupted at One of Kyiv’s Oldest Cinemas

by Dorian Batycka June 12, 2019June 12, 2019

During a conflict between municipal guards and activists protesting the privatization of Kyiv’s cinemas, a group of over 300 protesters was met with violence and homophobic slurs.

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An Inside-Out Airplane Visualizes Poland’s Political Divisions

by Dorian Batycka June 6, 2019June 6, 2019

At the Venice Biennale’s Polish Pavilion, a monumental sculpture responds to conspiracy theories and nationalist rhetoric surrounding the 2010 plane crash that killed Poland’s then-president.

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From Palestine to New York and Back Again: On the Life and Work of Samia Halaby

by Dorian Batycka May 2, 2019May 2, 2019

In the purportedly liberal realm of the art world, an artist like Samia Halaby is certainly deserving of closer attention.

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Hundreds of Protesters Wielded Bananas After a Polish Museum Censored Feminist Artworks

by Dorian Batycka April 30, 2019May 7, 2019

Following an anonymous complaint, the director of the National Museum in Warsaw took down the works of Natalia LL, Katarzyna Kozyra, and the duo Karolina Wiktor and Aleksandra Kubiak, sparking #bananagate.

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An Anonymous Campaign Calls Out Berlin Gallery Weekend for Being Overwhelming White and Male

by Dorian Batycka April 26, 2019

According to a group of activists, 75% of the artists being platformed at Berlin Gallery Weekend are white and male.

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German Authorities Drop Investigation of Group that Replicated Holocaust Memorial Near Home of Rightwing Politician

by Dorian Batycka April 16, 2019

After Björn Höcke called the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin “a monument of shame,” an artist built a replica beside the politician’s home.

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New Report Outlines the Threats to Artistic Freedom in 2018

by Dorian Batycka April 8, 2019

The Freemuse annual report is a potent reminder that artistic freedom is in constant need of monitoring.

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Sackler Family and Purdue Pharma Fund Damien Hirst Pills Retrospective

by Dorian Batycka April 1, 2019

The exhibition, opening at the Brooklyn Museum in 2020, will feature several works from Hirst’s Medicine Cabinets series.

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After a Lifetime of Rejecting Technology, Artist Tino Sehgal Falls in Love with Instagram

by Dorian Batycka April 1, 2019

Tino Segal, famous for his “objectless” performances that are never to be photographed, is now on Instagram.

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Construction Workers Claim Kochi-Muziris Biennale Shorted Payment

by Dorian Batycka March 28, 2019March 28, 2019

A contracting company says it “has been left in a precarious financial situation” after the biennial declined to pay its full construction costs. The biennial says a government-approved valuer found “that the amounts demanded by the contractor are arbitrary.”

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