Entretiens

Concerned Artists of the Philippines : interview with Antares Bartolome


| Antares Bartolome

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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

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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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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

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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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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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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


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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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[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


| documentations

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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