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Climate Strike Protest Prep
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Archive
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Venue:
Gaada -
Date:
September 18, 2019 at 06:00 PM -
Location:
Scotland

Now Showing #301: The week’s top exhibitions
This week’s recommended shows include a major festival of international sculpture across four venues in Yorkshire, an exhibition in Manchester of work by 17 artists inspired by a 1932 mass trespass, and in London a powerful painting show by three generation-spanning black female artists.

BP Portrait Award 2019: Brighton-based artist Charlie Schaffer wins for portrait of close friend
The announcement of this year’s winner follows an open letter from the artist and 2019 judge Gary Hume calling on the National Portrait Gallery to cut its ties with sponsor BP.

Open letter signed by 120 academics calls for removal of Warren B. Kanders from Whitney board
Kanders, who is vice-chair of the New York art museum’s board of trustees, owns Safariland, a ‘law enforcement products company’ that manufactures tear gas canisters. The open letter follows calls for his removal by Whitney staff and protests organised by the group Decolonize This Place.

TRIANGULATIONS
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Archive
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Venue:
OpenHand OpenSpace -
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April 11, 2019 -
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April 14, 2019 -
Location:
South East England

NO EDEN: Protest, and the Art of Protest
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Archive
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Venue:
Greenham Common Control Tower -
Date:
May 23, 2019 at 03:00 PM -
Location:
South East England

NO EDEN
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Archive
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Venue:
Greenham Common Control Tower -
From:
March 16, 2019 -
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May 29, 2019 -
Location:
South East England

American minimalist painter Robert Ryman dies aged 88
More News In Brief: New York’s Guggenheim Museum targeted by opioid crisis protesters over Sackler family links; Tracey Emin’s Margate studio to be turned into a museum for her work when she dies.

Israeli museum refuses to withdraw McDonald’s crucifix artwork, artist says he requested its removal prior to controversy
Despite calls from the artist and protests by hundreds of Christians, the Haifa Museum of Art in Israel is refusing to remove Jani Leinonen’s McJesus sculpture of a crucified Ronald McDonald from its ‘Sacred Goods’ exhibition.

Artists’ fight against Cuba’s new censorship law continues despite arrests and government backtracking
More News In Brief: Manchester’s £30m School of Digital Arts gets planning go ahead; gender gap dominates ArtsPay 2018 survey; new director appointed at Compton Verney, Warwickshire.

Protesters call for removal of vice-chair of New York’s Whitney Museum
More News In Brief: Lottery funding distribution must be returned to people say campaigners; new London gallery to show work by only artist known to have worked secretly under Islamic State; artist residencies to be created throughout Glasgow.

Anish Kapoor forces National Rifle Association to remove image of his work from video
The Turner Prize-winning artist had claimed the powerful American ‘gun rights’ group had used images of his work Cloud Gate in a promotional video without his permission.

Trevor Paglen launches sculpture into space; Tania Bruguera and other artists arrested in Cuba
More News In Brief: £3.4m JMW Turner painting blocked from leaving the UK by ministers; MPs to assess ‘class ceiling’ in the arts; museums and auction houses close as protests rage in Paris.

Artist Gavin Turk among 82 arrested in London climate change protests
During the occupation of five bridges in London on Saturday the artist was among 82 climate change protesters arrested for obstruction of a public highway.

Calling out misogyny: artist posts own labels next to Picasso and Gauguin works at New York’s Met
Chicago-based artist Michelle Hartney’s performance at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York calls for museums to do more to educate the public about the darker side of the artists they celebrate.

Shell ends 12-year funding relationship with National Gallery
The news that the Anglo-Dutch fossil fuel firm has not renewed its corporate membership of the National Gallery was discovered through a Freedom of Information request by the campaign group Culture Unstained.

MP’s request for free ‘slick and engaging’ film prompts video editor’s unflattering ‘promo’ in response
In Brief: news briefing featuring national and international stories including: Artists sign open letter protesting dismissal of director Catherine de Zegher from the Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent; report says ‘outdated recruitment practices’ are holding back diversity in the arts; buyer of destroyed Banksy artwork to go through with purchase.

Artist’s Documenta 14 artwork Monument for Strangers and Refugees removed from Kassel square
Olu Oguibe’s 16m-high obelisk, which was originally installed in June 2017 for Documenta 14, had become a target for right-wing local politicians who have been enraged by its message of hospitality and warmth towards refugees.

Chelsea Manning discusses need to “challenge systems of power” in first UK appearance at annual ICA dinner
Advocate for government transparency and queer and transgender rights discusses need for individuals to exercise their political agency at event at the Royal Institution, London.

Nope To Arms collective stage show of work pulled from Design Museum exhibition
The exhibition features the work of 40 artists that was removed from the ‘Hope to Nope’ show at the Design Museum in protest at the museum’s relationship with Italian aerospace, defence and security company Leonardo.

Artist’s Daily Mail parody is a crowdfunding success; Turner Contemporary endorses plans for on-site hostel
In Brief: news briefing featuring national and international stories including: Canadian artist writes open letter in response to censorship of transgender themed work; celebrity secret postcard art sale for Dulwich school; Statue of suffragette Emily Davison unveiled in Morpeth; Tate Modern appoints new senior curator for photographic art.

Artists including Antony Gormley and Anish Kapoor back campaign for release of photojournalist Shahidul Alam
in Brief: news briefing featuring national and international stories including: 200-year-old Rio museum The Museu Nacional gutted by fire, Tes analysis shows arts subjects are being slashed in favour of English, maths and science, plus more than 10,000 publicly-owned artworks remain hidden from public view across London.

Seen but not heard: artist activism and the ‘Hope to Nope’ exhibition
The recent ‘Hope to Nope’ exhibition at The Design Museum ended in controversy earlier this month when artists and designers removed their work in protest at the museum hosting a private hire event by an arms manufacturer. One of those activist groups to remove their work was the artist-run organisation Keep It Complex, who share here what they learned from the experience.

Now Showing #259: The week’s top exhibitions
This week’s selection of recommended shows includes: ‘Drag: Self-portraits and Body Politics’, at the Hayward Gallery, London; a group show in Edinburgh of works made in protest at Pussy Riot’s 2012 imprisonment in Russia; and Elisabeth Frink sculptures at Abbott Hall Art Gallery in Kendal.