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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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Tribunes
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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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Critiques
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The Naturalization of Racial Categories and the Safeguarding of a Racialist Heritage at the Musée d’Orsay


| Damien Trawale