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fromThe Local Germany
2 days ago

Russian court convicts German carnival float artist

Jacques Tilly was sentenced to over eight years in jail in Moscow for satirical carnival floats offending Russian authorities.
#performance-art
fromArtnet News
3 days ago
Arts

Performance Artist Crackhead Barney Moves From the Streets to the Stage: 'Art Should Be Going Insane'

fromArtnet News
3 days ago
Arts

Performance Artist Crackhead Barney Moves From the Streets to the Stage: 'Art Should Be Going Insane'

Arts
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

South African work banned from Venice Biennale to be shown outside main event

Gabrielle Goliath's performance art, Elegy, will be displayed at the Venice Biennale despite initial cancellation due to its tribute to a Palestinian poet.
fromRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
1 week ago

Russia Bans Oscar-Winning Documentary 'Mr. Nobody Against Putin'

The film follows Talankin in his job at a school in the poor mining town of Karabash in the Chelyabinsk region, showing how the Russian government indoctrinates students with pro-war messages.
Independent films
Film
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

Russia declares protagonist of Oscar-winning documentary a foreign agent'

Pavel Talankin documented pro-war propaganda in Russia, won an Oscar, and was labeled a foreign agent for opposing the war in Ukraine.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
4 days ago

The Best April Fools' Jokes in the Art World This Year

April Fools' Day inspires creative and humorous pranks across arts and humanities, showcasing institutions' ability to engage in lighthearted satire.
#maurizio-cattelan
#venice-biennale
Film
fromThred Website
1 week ago

Were we wrong about Marty Supreme?

Marty Supreme's marketing strategy backfired, leading to a significant decline in public favor and zero awards at major ceremonies.
Russo-Ukrainian War
fromwww.dw.com
2 weeks ago

Pro-Kremlin blogger turns on Putin, sent to psychiatric care

Ilya Remeslo publicly renounced support for Putin, citing the failing war in Ukraine and calling for his resignation and justice as a war criminal.
#contemporary-art
Arts
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

US-based dissident artist put on trial in China over satirical Mao sculptures, says rights group

Gao Zhen faces trial for defaming national heroes, with potential three-year prison sentence amid concerns over artistic freedom in China.
Portland
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
4 weeks ago

100 Posters: A photographic response to ICE takes to the walls and streets * Oregon ArtsWatch

DE-ICE:PDX distributed 100 posters across Portland featuring photojournalist images promoting family unity and providing Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition contact information for ICE detention support.
#eu-sanctions
Television
fromVulture
1 month ago

Rob Rausch Would Rather Not Be Doing This

Rob Rausch won The Traitors through strategic gameplay and deception, becoming a reluctant celebrity who appears skeptical about his newfound fame despite numerous high-profile publicity opportunities.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 week ago

Ghanaian Artist Ibrahim Mahama Allegedly Assaulted by State Police

Ibrahim Mahama threatens legal action against Ghana's police after alleged assault following Eid al-Fitr prayers.
Arts
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

The Guardian view on anonymity in art: the unmasking' of Banksy and Ferrante should stop | Editorial

Banksy and Elena Ferrante exemplify the tension between anonymity and fame in contemporary art and literature.
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Anatoly: An In-depth Look at His Heavyweight Humor

Anyone who spends untold hours surfing the Web for humorous content will eventually find the work of one Vladimir Shmondenko, a prankster who goes by the name Anatoly. He's developed a faithful following, and, as far as I can tell, makes a comfortable living entirely from his TikTok and YouTube videos.
Humor
Travel
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

A woman screams from a high balcony: Help me! I'm freezing to death!' novelist James Meek returns to Kyiv

Kyiv's food markets transformed from Soviet-era scarcity and private vendor abundance to modern supermarket distribution, though traditional products remain available in packaged form.
Arts
fromJezebel
2 weeks ago

Banksy Revealed! Or Is That Exactly What Banksy Wants Us to Think...

Reuters investigation identifies Banksy as Robert Gunningham, a Bristol native who adopted the alias David Jones after disappearing from public records a decade ago.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Some parents said they'd break my knees': the teacher who exposed Putin's primary school propaganda

A Russian school teacher secretly documented government-mandated patriotic indoctrination of children, creating an Oscar-nominated documentary that Russian state media refuses to acknowledge.
fromwww.thelocal.fr
1 month ago

Activists hang UK ex-prince's arrest photo in the Louvre

Activists managed to temporarily hang a new picture in Paris' Louvre - the arrest photo of UK royal family member Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. The activists from the anti-billionaire collective Everybody Hates Elon arrived at the Paris museum with a copy of the arrest photo of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, and stuck it on the wall in one of the galleries. They posted a video about the stunt on Sunday.
France news
fromdesignyoutrust.com
1 month ago

Amazing Pointillism Masterpieces Addressing Modern Issues Through Hyperdetailed Blackandwhite And Colorful Largescale Canvases by Dima Kashtalyan

Artist Creates Mind-Blowing 3D Visuals on The Border of Cyber Culture and Mythology How To Drive Him Crazy In Bed, In 6 Easy And Ironic Steps "The New Past": Artist Makes Vintage Surreal Collages Crafted From Soviet Books Chris Woodhead Has Found A Way To Cope With The Coronavirus Pandemic: A New Tattoo On His Own Body For Every Day Of The Lockdown Tired Of Seeing Prejudice Against Plus-Sized Women This Artist Turned Them Into Art Artist Draws Food
Graphic design
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Activists hang photo of Andrew leaving police custody in the Louvre

Activists have hung a photo in the Louvre museum in Paris of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor being driven from a police station after his arrest. The British political campaign group Everyone Hates Elon fixed the photo, which shows the former prince slouched in the backseat of a Range Rover, on a wall of the Paris gallery on Sunday. The photo was taken by the Reuters photographer Phil Noble after Mountbatten-Windsor's arrest on Thursday at the Sandringham estate on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
Miscellaneous
Russo-Ukrainian War
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

The victory of a fighter' against Moscow's child indoctrination machine

Russia has forcibly deported or removed over 19,500 Ukrainian children since 2022, subjecting them to systematic indoctrination and brainwashing as part of a campaign to destroy Ukraine's future.
fromDefector
1 month ago

Mikhail Shaidorov Celebrated Gold By Skating In A Panda Suit | Defector

The NBC Saturday primetime broadcast used the figure skating exhibition gala as a way to provide a curtain call for their appointed Olympic protagonists. Of the five segments they aired from the event, four of them put Americans in the spotlight. Amber Glenn gave a fierce performance that further emphasized her comeback from a disappointing short program. Alysa Liu skated a victory lap after her instantly iconic gold medal-winning free skate.
Television
Arts
fromArtnet News
3 weeks ago

E.U. Threatens to Pull Venice Biennale Funding Over Russia Pavilion

The EU threatened to withdraw €2 million in funding from the Venice Biennale over Russia's planned pavilion, citing concerns about providing a cultural platform to Kremlin-connected figures during the Ukraine war.
Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
2 months ago

Furious Protestor Tears AI-Generated Art Off Wall of Exhibit, Chews It Up Into Tiny Shreds Using His Teeth

Anti-AI backlash has escalated in the art world, provoking protests, destructive acts, and debates over authorship and mental health concerns tied to AI use.
fromTruthout
2 months ago

Accepting an Award, Targeted Filmmaker Denounces Crackdown on Iranian Protests

It Was Just an Accident centers on a group of former prisoners who kidnap a man they believe was their interrogator and grapple with whether to exact revenge, and Panahi says the film drew directly from his own experience with state violence and repression. Panahi has been repeatedly arrested in Iran, served prison sentences, and was recently sentenced in absentia to an additional year in prison and a two-year travel ban.
World news
Europe news
fromRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
1 month ago

Belarusian Former Presidential Candidate Mikalay Statkevich Freed From Prison After Stroke

Mikalay Statkevich, imprisoned for over ten years, returned to Minsk after a stroke in custody and is recovering with speech difficulties.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

All the world's enraged: a new era of resistance theater' is rising as Trump attacks the arts

On a cool winter night in Los Angeles, dozens gathered to protest the Trump administration's attacks on the arts and the recent federal immigration raids in southern California. But these protestors didn't carry signs or chant in front of a government building they recited poems such as Antifa Tea Party and Love in Times of Fascism. They performed anti-fascist improv to a small but lively crowd at The Glendale Room, a library-themed theater, as part of the monthly show Unquiet: A Night of Creative Resistance.
US politics
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
2 months ago

Moscow court charges streamers with LGBTQ+ 'propaganda'

Public records of the charges didn't list the content that the streaming services, which include Kinopoisk, Wink, Ivi, Amediteka, 24TV, Digital Television and Beeline TV, are accused of sharing on their platforms, as reported by The Moscow Times. The publication added that reporting from Mediazona noted several of the companies had been previously fined for streaming content that was described by Russian authorities as promoting "non-traditional" relationships and lifestyles.
LGBT
Photography
fromdesignyoutrust.com
1 month ago

Incredible Ironic Design Objects by Russian Illustrator Oleg Pomortsev

Artists and designers employ diverse materials and techniques to produce inventive, handcrafted, nostalgic, and hyperrealistic works across paper, sculpture, photography, and product design.
#ai-weiwei
Arts
fromArtnet News
1 month ago

Exiled Belarus Free Theatre Brings Exhibition on Authoritarianism to the Venice Biennale | Artnet News

Belarus Free Theatre presents an exhibition at Venice Biennale showcasing Belarusian artists whose work resists state censorship and authoritarianism through artistic expression.
#lgbt-propaganda-law
Miscellaneous
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Russia jails stand-up comic Artemy Ostani over war joke

Artemy Ostanin was sentenced to five years nine months for joking about a legless war veteran and offending Christians, convicted of inciting hatred.
Germany news
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

Trial against German carnival satirist underway in Russia

German artist Jacques Tilly faces a Moscow trial over satirical carnival floats mocking Putin and other leaders, provoking diplomatic attention and court delays.
#epibatidine
fromAxios
1 month ago
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Russia accused of killing Navalny with dart frog toxin. What we know about the rare poison

fromAxios
1 month ago
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Russia accused of killing Navalny with dart frog toxin. What we know about the rare poison

fromNew York Post
2 months ago

Elon Musk-funded mural of murdered Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska goes up in Brooklyn - and local lefties are furious

I started this campaign to make sure that the story of Iryna does not disappear. Her murder is at the nexus of many issues plaguing American society. For example, one is the progressive approach to crime," said.
US politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Russia's Alexey Navalny killed by dart frog poison, European nations allege

Five European countries the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands have accused Russia of poisoning and killing opposition leader Alexey Navalny in 2024 based on lab results from a sample taken from his body. The five governments said in a statement on Saturday that tissue samples conclusively confirmed the lethal toxin epibatidine. The poison is found in wild dart frogs from South America.
Europe news
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Adelaide Festival removing Palestinian author is an act of censorship

Removing a Palestinian participant from the Adelaide Festival constituted censorship and triggered mass withdrawals, leading to the cancellation of Adelaide Writers' Week.
Arts
Margarita Paksa's 1970s video and media work positioned the viewer's body as central to experiencing art as communicative situations, using synthesizers, mirrors, and environmental installations to explore perception and containment.
Film
fromRoger Ebert
2 months ago

Craziness and Contradiction: Kirill Serebrennikov on "Limonov: The Ballad" | Interviews | Roger Ebert

Film depicts Eduard Limonov's turbulent, ego-driven life from Soviet underground to exile, literary success, and founding of a violent National Bolshevik movement embracing fascism.
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
2 months ago

Russian man prosecuted for sharing 'LGBT Propaganda' pic of Queen in drag

Moscow resident David Gevondyan, who is 22 years old, was given a fine for his post on European social media site VK. In his appeal, Gevondyan argued that he had not violated the law and that Queen's outfit choices did not constitute 'LGBT Propaganda'. According to Verstka, the court rejected his argument, noting that Gevondyan's page also showed photos of men kissing and men dressed in miniskirts. He was fined an undisclosed amount for all of the images.
LGBT
World news
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
2 months ago

Putin is abusing INTERPOL to 'pursue critics' such as journalists and those connected to Ukraine - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

INTERPOL is being exploited by Russia to pursue critics, journalists, activists, and others internationally, undermining protections against political persecution and neutral legal mechanisms.
#alexei-navalny
Miscellaneous
fromFast Company
1 month ago

Anti-ICE protest art is popping up at the Olympics

Graffiti at Rome's CONI shows an ICE agent aiming at an Olympic ski jumper, protesting planned ICE presence at the Olympics and recent police shootings.
Film
fromThe Nation
2 months ago

The Grand Delusions of "Marty Supreme"

American culture often valorizes self-delusion, celebrating scammer figures and ambitious risk-takers who reshape reality to fit their self-image.
#russia
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago
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Russian publisher closes imprint known for selling LGBTQ+ books after government raid - LGBTQ Nation

fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago
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Russian publisher closes imprint known for selling LGBTQ+ books after government raid - LGBTQ Nation

fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
1 month ago

Aleksandr Dotsenko, artist jailed in Russia over anti-war supermarket protest, dies

The Ukrainian-born jewellery artist Aleksandr Dotsenko, who was serving a three-year prison sentence in Russia for allegedly placing anti-war slogans in a supermarket in the Leningrad region, died on 19 February of a heart attack, according to media reports. Dotsenko, who was 65 when he died, was convicted of "public calls for terrorist activities" alongside his wife, the artist Anastasia Dyudyaeva, in July 2024. Dotsenko was sentenced to three years in prison, while Dyudyaeva is serving three-and-a-half years.
Arts
Arts
fromwww.amny.com
1 month ago

King Paris shows the sovereignty of light through his contemporary masks on display in Manhattan | amNewYork

Embellished masks and reflective surfaces in West African traditions use radiance and material brilliance to convey authority, spiritual meaning, and social order through performance.
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

The Political Power of Glitter

Last summer, I did face painting at a block party in my Brooklyn neighborhood. In the sweltering August humidity, I rendered pink butterflies and Spiderman webs on tiny, sticky faces; unsurprisingly, my designs didn't last very long in the bouncy castle. Except for the glitter. For weeks, I found it in my hair, on my cats, in my sink, and in random corners of the house, migrating to and fro like dandelion fuzz.
Arts
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

Reports of Artists Killed by Iranian Regime Draw Outrage and Grief

Iranian sculptor Mehdi Salahshour and filmmaker Javad Ganji were reportedly killed amid a deadly nationwide government crackdown that has killed and arrested thousands.
fromColossal
1 month ago

Szilveszter Mako's Surreal Photographs Reconstruct the Boundaries of Portraiture

Szilveszter Makó 's enigmatic photographs carry layers of mystery and introspection. Standing inside curious block-like backdrops and lain against two-dimensional fields of color and texture, his subjects seamlessly meld into stories in which every detail carries intention. Taking inspiration from art history, the Milan-based artist references Surrealism and grotesque art through his use of chiaroscuro effects via light exploration and contrasting earth tones.
Arts
Arts
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

A provocative new play challenges society's discomfort that disabled people have sex lives'

A Birds of Paradise production confronts sexual taboos by portraying disabled people as complex sexual beings, challenging assumptions, pity, and social discomfort.
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