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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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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!


| documentations

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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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[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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