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In another shocking climate protest, activists have thrown mashed potato on a $100 million Monet at a German museum. On Sunday, two protestors from the environmental activist group Letzte Generation entered the Museum Barberini in…

Exiled Kurdish artist Zehra Doğan was arrested after smearing the walls of the Iranian Embassy in Berlin for a protest performance. The video that captured her act was shared by Doğan herself and went viral on Monday. In the video, she…

The Power Plant, a Toronto-based Museum, saw the majority of its board members resign earlier this week over management issues. The Art Newspaper reported that 24 of the 27 board members of the museum resigned earlier this week. As per…

Mexico City is moving forward with the decision to remove a feminist “anti-monument” installed there last year and replace it with a historical stature replica, leading to public outrage. The monument in question is colloquially known as…

Artist Hamlet Lavastida, who was detained in Cuba in June due to his criticism of the government, has finally been released. After 3 months of detainment, Lavastida was released last weekend from the prison. Katherine Bisquet, writer and…

Merely a week after Mexico City announced a sculpture of indigenous women by Pedro Reyes to replace a Columbus status, an outcry forced the replacement of the sculptor. Last week, Mexico City announced that the statue of Christopher…

A cancelled event by Whitney continues to haunt it as artists write an open letter, seeking reforms at the museum. Whitney Museum had planned for an art exhibition along the themes of covid-19 and Black Lives matter just after its…

The Fourth Of July weekend heralds a period of much-needed celebrations of the Americans. But some artists have decided to use the opportunity to make an important point: the incarceration of immigrants. 80 artists are joining “In Plain…

National Portrait Gallery in London was written an open letter recently by several artists which included the likes of Anish Kapoor, Sarah Lucas, Allen Jones, Rachel Whiteread and others who demand that the Gallery should cut its ties with…