A pro-Palestine mural at the Hanes Art Center at UNC Chapel Hill was covered with plywood boards on the night of 17 August under orders from Chancellor Lee Roberts and interim provost Jim Dean. The piece had hung in the lobby for over a year. The art and art history chair discovered the boards on the first morning of the autumn semester; the department received no prior notice. A university spokesperson said facilities were instructed to remove the piece before classes, and an interim associate vice chancellor explained the mural could not be easily removed because it was affixed to university property. The mural used Palestinian-flag colors and a keffiyeh-like pattern and featured the text "I told you I loved you and I wanted genocide to stop." It was created by community members and students in the "Studio Art 490: Art as Social Action" course.
A mural expressing solidarity with Palestinian people at the University of North Carolina (UNC) in Chapel Hill has been boarded over by university administration, according to The Daily Tar Heel. The art piece hung in the lobby of the Hanes Art Center for over a year before it was concealed without warning on the night of 17 August, following orders from the university's chancellor Lee Roberts and interim provost Jim Dean.
The mural is composed of collaged black, red and green prints, in reference to the colours of the Palestinian flag, layered together in a pattern similar to a keffiyeh, , a textile that has become a symbol of the Pro-Palestine movement. The text "I told you I loved you and I wanted genocide to stop" in capital letters is emblazoned on top of the design.
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