Happy May Day! On this occasion, Coco Fusco writes about two Cuban artists who used Havana’s May Day Parade as a backdrop for their anti-regime performance art and paid a heavy personal price for it. The piece includes the full video of Raychel Carrión's brilliant slow-motion protest at the 2007 parade.
Meanwhile, pro-Palestine protests in the US are heating up, with students at Columbia University occupying the historic Hamilton Hall and renaming it after six-year-old Hind Rajab, who was killed in Israel’s attacks on Gaza. Our reporters on campus share images and voices from this unfolding event. In another story, we also answer the question: How did water jugs become symbols of the Gaza solidarity student movement?
There’s more, including shows to see in Los Angeles this month, a new documentary about the dangerous world of unregulated sperm donations, and a look at how Russia's war on Ukraine is reverberating through this year's Venice Biennale.
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Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and Raychel Carrión used state-orchestrated political theater as a backdrop for their critiques of institutional power and mindless consent.
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Dozens of students took over Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall, renaming the building “Hind’s Hall” in honor of six-year-old Hind Rajab, who was killed alongside her family by Israeli forces in Gaza.
Much like the folding chair from last summer’s Mississippi Riverfront Brawl, the five-gallon water jug has become a symbol of Gaza solidarity student encampments.
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Though technically proficient, the painter and Royal Academy cofounder owed a great deal of contemporary recognition to her active social networking.
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Presented by the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, the Taiwan Collateral Event takes place in a dark, home-like setting at the Palazzo delle Prigioni.
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The Venice Biennale’s Polish and Russian pavilions are both showing work by foreign countries, but their intentions and results couldn’t be more different.
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Kwame Brathwaite’s singular photography, Jackie Amézquita’s “soil paintings,” Sanaa Gateja’s paper beadwork, ancient pottery, and more.
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Matt Stromberg |
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Tucked away in a garage in Brooklyn, the colorful art space is one of the only galleries in the city devoted to the underappreciated medium.
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Aaron Short |
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New Yorkers can feast their eyes on the formidable frank through June 13.
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Rhea Nayyar |
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With Spermworld, Lance Oppenheim deconstructs the subculture of unregulated sperm donations to reveal how they reflect universal experiences.
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The Third Horizon festival, opening May 9, has championed radical and anticolonial filmmakers since its inception.
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