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Union Workers Rally at Tate Modern, Protesting Corporate Sponsor
The protest, organized by Independent Workers Union of Great Britain, targeted financial firm Ernst & Young, a major sponsor of shows at Tate.
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Refereeing Trump
Richard Kraft has classified Trump’s daily actions “in the fashion of a soccer referee,” assigning yellow and red cards to the President’s conduct.
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Activists Pressure Louvre to Drop Oil Company Sponsorship with Die-in
In a protest performance on Monday, activists collapsed at the foot of "Raft of the Medusa" to call attention to museum sponsor Total's climate change complicity.
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Protesters at Metropolitan Museum Chant “Shame on Sackler,” Targeting Donors Who Profited from Opioid Crisis [UPDATED]
On Saturday, members of the group PAIN Sackler and other organizations gathered at the Temple of Dendur to decry the Metropolitan Museum's association with the Sackler family's painkiller fortune.
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Australian Art Museum Drops Security Firm Accused of Abuse at Detention Centers
The National Gallery of Victoria will no longer work with Wilson Security, though it claims recent protests and petitions did not drive the decision.
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Faculty at UK Art Schools Strike to Protest Pension Cuts
On Wednesday, despite a snowstorm, students from the Courtauld Institute and other London art schools took part in a national strike organized by the University and College Union.
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Opponents of Berkshire Museum Sales Protest Sotheby's
After a judge halted the sale of works from the museum’s collection, nearly a dozen protesters gathered in front of Sotheby’s to demand the return of the deaccessioned pieces.
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Anti-Gentrification Activists Protest Laura Owens Exhibition at the Whitney Museum
An alliance of activists from Los Angeles and New York highlighted the role of the artist and her dealer, Gavin Brown, in artwashing the gentrification of working-class neighborhoods.
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Prominent German Artists Object to Arms Manufacturer’s Exhibition Sponsorship
Rheinmetall, a Düsseldorf-based multinational defense company, is one of the sponsors of a sprawling exhibition of German contemporary art that recently opened in Beijing.
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Protesting the World’s Biggest Arms Fair with an Art Show
Art the Arms Fair, a pop-up exhibition in East London, runs concurrently with the massive Defence and Security Equipment International fair happening nearby.
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An Artist Invites Visitors to Remake Historical Protest Signs
At Hunter East Harlem Gallery, Jason Lazarus demonstrates how our political needs persist over time.
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A Crowd-Sourced Sound Map for the Protests of Our Time
Almost 200 recordings of international protests are now archived in an online sound map that spans over two decades.