Opinion
How to Protect Your Right to Culture
The United States government’s coordinated repeal of the right to culture has grave consequences for the texture of our daily lives. But there are ways to fight back.
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News
Myanmar Junta Detains Artist-Activist Htein Lin
The artist's wife, former British ambassador Vicky Bowman, was also detained amid a crackdown on pro-democracy activists.
Interview
Thinking About the Intersection Between Human Rights and the Arts
“We want to look at a community level that’s rarely taken seriously in academia or in the art world.”
In Brief
Russian Artist Faces Six Years in Jail for Pro-LGBTQ Social Media Posts
After sharing feminist and LGBTQ-friendly art on social media, 26-year-old theater director Yulia Tsvetkova has been placed under house arrest, fined, and accused of distributing “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations among minors."
Art
The International Spy Museum Seen Through the Eyes of a Human Rights Expert
"This feels like a loss," said Andrea Prasow of Human Rights Watch while touring the museum, flagging several errors in how curators have presented the history of torture and interrogation.
In Brief
Turkish President Erdoğan Plans Museum Devoted to Failed 2016 Coup
The Museum of the 15 July: Martyrs and Democracy is expected to open in late 2018 on the outskirts of Ankara.
In Brief
Two Imprisoned Iranian Artists Pen Letter of Protest
"We urge all artists from around the world to show their protest and criticism against all of this," artists and brothers Hossein Rajabian and Mehdi Rajabian wrote in a letter from Iran's notorious Evin Prison.
News
Guggenheim and British Museum Refuse to Work with Human Rights Groups on Abu Dhabi Projects
Many reports have emerged of harsh labor conditions during the construction of museums on Abu Dhabi's Saadiyat Island, but the cultural institutions involved are showing no interest in discussing these violations with leading human rights groups.
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Protesters Shame Guggenheim and Its Trustees with Light Projections [UPDATED]
Last night, in a visually dazzling act of public protest, the artist-activist groups Global Ultra Luxury Faction (G.U.L.F.) and the Illuminator turned the spiral facade of the Guggenheim Museum into a projection screen.
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In Brief
Iran Forces Jailed Artist to Undergo Virginity and Pregnancy Tests [UPDATED]
The Iranian artist sentenced to 12 years and nine months in prison for her satirical cartoons critical of the Iranian government was forced to repeatedly undergo virginity and pregnancy tests last year.
News
Cartoonist Pronounced Dead, Believed Murdered by Syrian Regime
According to Souriatnapress, Akram Raslan died in the spring of 2013 while in the custody of the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
News
Artist Imprisoned in Abu Dhabi Over Facebook Post
An artist was imprisoned in Abu Dhabi this week, but not for political activism, or any other reasons you might expect.