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What motivates the condemnation of various forms of domination in the art world?


| documentations

Entretiens

Concerned Artists of the Philippines : interview with Antares Bartolome


| Antares Bartolome

Critiques

Burn Manifesto


| Soto Labor

This text is a response to the “Extra-Ordinaire Manifesto” whose publication accompanied the opening in Brussels of the Extra-Ordinaire boutique founded by fashion designer and “exoticism lover” Jean-Paul Lespagnard, in October 2019. M. Lespagnard, when I came across your manifesto, I was lost for words. Where do I even begin? I asked myself. But it was … Burn Manifesto
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Silence is Violence


| Artists and cultural workers in Sweden in solidarity with Black Lives Matter

Two weeks ago, Temi Odumosu, a Sweden-based academic posed the question: Do we have the courage to address Black Lives Matter and to confront the prevalence of racism in Nordic art life? [1] The pronounced silence from Sweden’s art institutions would seem to answer with a resounding “no.” What is this institutional quietness? Do these institutions, art … Silence is Violence
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Komunuma, artwashing in the Parisian suburbs: The Coloniality of Cultural Democratisation


| Jessica Saxby

Entretiens

Interview: Camilo Godoy, “What is a museum without educators?”


| Camilo Godoy

Faced with the Covid-19 crisis, many American museums announced layoffs, budget cuts, and even permanent closures. Most museums anticipate a dire financial situation in the coming years. In the context of these budget cuts, education departments were often the first casualties. Cuts and layoffs disproportionately affected freelance museum educators. These decisions highlighted the wide gap between art … Interview: Camilo Godoy, “What is a museum without educators?”
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Endgame – La Permanence –


| La Permanence

Today, we publish an open-letter written by members of La Permanence, an activist group that exposes abuses of power and cases of harassment and discrimination in dance and other related fields. In this letter, La Permanence supports dancer Karline Marion’s struggle against the discrimination she endured while working at the ballet of the Lyon Opera, … Endgame – La Permanence –
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The year I stopped making art. Why the art world should assist artists beyond representation; in solidarity.


| Paul Maheke

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Covid-19 Museums, galleries, art fairs, art centers, universities, theaters, festivals… Cancel everything, pay everyone!


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Judy’s “Greatest Opportunity”, Maria & the Dior Womb: a pseudo-feminist story of exploitation and appropriation


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Total & the Lyon Biennale: Should we boycott the French “Oil Spill Biennial”?


| documentations

Opinion

On the question of anonymity


| documentations

Anonymity is a strategy used by many authors to express themselves freely on certain issues deemed subversive by the authorities or a given circle (denunciation of abuses of power, situations of violence emanating from institutions and dominant people, hate speech, compromising relationships, etc.). Anonymity is used to guarantee freedom of speech and minimise the risk … On the question of anonymity
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Critiques

Why South Way Studio’s ideas Must Spark Outrage


| documentations

Although contemporary art institutions are facing growing contestations from decolonial, anti-racist, anti-capitalist, feminist, queer and environmentalist struggles, many of these very institutions and their leaders hardly make the effort to hear, let alone welcome them. From 23 June to 3 November 2019, the Musée régional d’Art contemporain Occitanie/Pyrénées-Méditerranée (MRAC Sérignan), an institution under the authority … Why South Way Studio’s ideas Must Spark Outrage
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Paris, 1st of July 2019 P.A.I.N. / Louvre


| P.A.I.N. Paris

An intervention at Louvre, Paris, is currently underway. We, Parisian friends of P.A.I.N, along with P.A.I.N. and Nan Goldin, Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters, world-renowned artist, founder and spokesperson of P.A.I.N., are demonstrating today as survivors and witnesses to the opioid epidemic in the United States, for which the Sackler family and … Paris, 1st of July 2019 P.A.I.N. / Louvre
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Brèves

La Coupure #2


| La Coupure

La Coupure is releasing its second edition on the street walls in Paris since April 2019.La Coupure is an initiative born in 2018 to denounce specific abuses of power within art institutions (art centres, museums, galleries, art schools…) and to reveal – with a touch of humour – some of the issues that hegemonic cultural … La Coupure #2
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– Lipanda Manifesto – An Open Letter from 343 people of colour


| 343 people of colour

On 25 March 2019, in the framework of the festival Les Dionysies at the Sorbonne University,  anti-racist activists prevented a play called Les Suppliantes, directed by Philippe Brunet, from occurring because of the use of a blackface. On stage, white actresses were interpreting the Danaides with black make-up and copper masks on to perform the role Egyptian choir. It would … – Lipanda Manifesto – An Open Letter from 343 people of colour
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Enquêtes
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Hotel Meurice suspends its prize for contemporary art.


| Virgile Fraisse et Georgia René-Worms

Dear All, Given the the current context, I write you today to share my decision to suspend the Meurice Prize for Contemporary Art, through the following press release: “Le Meurice is very committed to respecting the convictions of the artists it has supported for many years, and therefore suspends the attribution of its Prize for … Hotel Meurice suspends its prize for contemporary art.
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The Naturalization of Racial Categories and the Safeguarding of a Racialist Heritage at the Musée d’Orsay


| Damien Trawale

Critiques

Anne Imhof, Sex, 2019—BMW Tate Live Exhibition


| lucretia-b-rustin (Cédric Fauq)

Last week, in my Instagram stories, ads for the newest Balenciaga store on Sloane Street (London), were relentlessly/annoyingly popping up. In one of the pictures of the interior design (empty of any items) was, in a corner, a figure – seemingly not so comfortable in the position they were adopting –. Without really thinking about … Anne Imhof, Sex, 2019—BMW Tate Live Exhibition
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« Award »


| documentations

Today, Tuesday 19.03.2019: A powerful text is being sent to the organizers of the Aware 2019 Prize and the Minister of Culture, following the award ceremony at the Ministry of Culture and Communication, on the working conditions of artists, against a liberal feminism that has become an oppressing tactic towards other women. “The fact that … « Award »
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[Fondation d’Entreprise Ricard] Proletarian Poetry


| documentations

The popular uprising of the yellow vests and its originality force us to reevaluate the institutional contestation forms. A look back at François Piron’s exhibition: Poésie Prolétaire (in English: Proletarian Poetry) at the Fondation d’Entreprise Ricard. For me, language is not outside the world, it is as concrete as a sandbag that falls on your head, it … [Fondation d’Entreprise Ricard] Proletarian Poetry
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[YELLOW VESTS] For an ethics of the movement representations


| AAA

While in France thousands of people have been protesting for several months for more dignity and tax justice, occupying roundabouts, being gassed and mutilated during demonstrations, being arrested, killed and dragged to court, some artists and curators find it opportune to represent and display the “Yellow Vests”.  It is therefore urgent to question the difficulties … [YELLOW VESTS] For an ethics of the movement representations
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Opinion

[ENSBA] After the letter “For an open school” 


| urna-pearl

The viewpoint of a signatory of the letter “For an open school” The appointment of Jean de Loisy as director of the École nationale supérieure des beaux- arts de Paris reflects the crisis of representation that affects our institutions and demonstrates, once again, that the absence of consultation and the use of authoritarianism are now … [ENSBA] After the letter “For an open school” 
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Opinion

GREETINGS


| documentations

To all those who wish to strengthen their vertical and authoritarian power they exercise only to serve socially and culturally conservative and reactionary interests, to all spokespersons trying to discredit dissident voices: Do not forget you are dealing with a crowd of ultra-precarized art agents who have nothing more to lose and who, moreover, have no … GREETINGS
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Critiques

[YELLOW VESTS] Culture agents are calling for indolence.


| zizia-cyke

ARTISTES, CITOYEN.NES PARMI LES CITOYEN.NES  A tribune on January 11, 2019 entitled “ARTISTS, CITIZENS AMONG CITIZENS” states the following question of engagement and its modes of action in institutional culture. @zizia-cyke documentation contributor returns on this call, which reveals the scale of the gap between agents of the official culture heavily challenged by the creativity of the … [YELLOW VESTS] Culture agents are calling for indolence.
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[GENEVA] Powerful and inspiring initiative for the remuneration of artists


| La Mobilisation des artistes* à Genève

mobilisationdesartistes.tumblr.com La Mobilisation des artistes* à Genève (Artists Mobilisation in Geneva) invites every art worker and art supporter to sign the OPEN LETTER FOR THE REMUNERATION OF ARTISTS* IN GENEVA *visual artists, performers, curators, critics, researchers We make the following observations: We are requesting a new set of policies be implemented by city, cantonal and municipal … [GENEVA] Powerful and inspiring initiative for the remuneration of artists
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ELYSEE X FIAC


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Soo embarrassed to wake up this morning with all these pictures of French art world selfies with Emmanuel Macron at Élysée.  Please know that the art community is not comfortable with the current political trend in France. The right wing shift of so many agents from the art world is not representative of all of … ELYSEE X FIAC
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