Here Are the Artworks Destroyed by Pro-Bolsonaro Rioters in the Storming of Brazil’s Oscar Niemeyer-Designed Capital Buildings

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Here Are the Artworks Destroyed by Pro-Bolsonaro Rioters in the Storming of Brazil’s Oscar Niemeyer-Designed Capital Buildings

Magareth Menezes, the country's culture minister, is heading to Brasilia today to take stock of the damage.

By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jan 9, 2023

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French Weekly ‘Charlie Hebdo’ Has Again Angered the Iranian Regime for Publishing Caricatures of Its Supreme Leader

In response, Iran’s foreign ministry has allegedly closed a French-Iranian cultural institution in Tehran.

By Devorah Lauter, Jan 8, 2023

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As Many as 800 Tourists Left Stranded at Machu Picchu After Demonstrators Block the Only Route Out of the UNESCO Heritage Site

Political upheaval in Peru is leaving tourists to its famed historic sites in the lurch.

By Sarah Cascone, Dec 16, 2022

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The Long Arm of Chinese Censorship Has Reached Europe, Forcing Artists and Institutions to Watch What They Say Against Beijing

Index of Censorship's latest report said artists and culture workers based outside of China are forced to self-censor in fear of retaliation.

By Vivienne Chow, Dec 15, 2022

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New London ‘Ticket Bank’ Will Give Unsold Theater Tickets to Those Hardest Hit by the Cost of Living Crisis

The National Theatre, Barbican, and the Roundhouse are among the seven major art organizations to have joined the scheme so far.

By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 15, 2022

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Brazil’s President-Elect Reinstates Its Culture Ministry and Appoints a Bahian Singer to Lead the Department

The musician Margareth Menezes founded a nonprofit cultural organization in her native state of Bahia.

By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 13, 2022

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Ai Weiwei Handed Out Free Artworks in London’s Hyde Park to Support Global Refugees and Protesters in China

For those who couldn't attend the event in London, the work is also available for sale online for £100, with 100 percent of the proceeds going to Refugees International.

By Vivienne Chow, Dec 12, 2022

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The Art World Redoubles Its Support of Iranian Protests, With Actions in New York and Miami, and an Open Letter Signed by 500 Cultural Figures

This past weekend saw art world actions at Untitled Miami Beach, and in New York at Four Freedoms Park and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

By Sarah Cascone, Dec 9, 2022

Art Luminaries Express Solidarity With the New School’s Striking Teachers as the University Threatens to Bring in ‘Scabs’

Parsons School of Design, the famed art school, is included in the strike.

By Ben Davis, Dec 6, 2022

Climate Activists Threaten to Start Slashing Paintings as They ‘Escalate’ Their Campaign to Model the Suffragist Movement

The group said it's looking to the suffragette protestors of the 1910s for inspiration.

By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 1, 2022

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Jim Carrey Has Quit Twitter in the Wake of Elon Musk’s Takeover, Signing Off With One Last Artwork of a ‘Crazy Old Lighthouse Keeper’

The actor is the latest in a string of celebrities to abandon the platform in recent weeks.

By Caroline Goldstein, Nov 30, 2022

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