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Curator, writer, tired of exceptionalism
Important read that sums up the political and class divides and contradictions in the artworld. Gaza its breaking point www.equator.org/articles/how...
How Gaza Broke the Art World • EQUATOR
The former editor of Artforum, fired in the wake of 7 October, reckons with two years of division, fear and silence
www.equator.org
December 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Important read that sums up the political and class divides and contradictions in the artworld. Gaza its breaking point www.equator.org/articles/how...
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Even with broad public support, no major museum has taken up the genocide in Gaza. No large institution I know of has put on an exhibition about Palestinian artists or Palestinian lives.
www.equator.org/articles/how...
www.equator.org/articles/how...
How Gaza Broke the Art World • EQUATOR
The former editor of Artforum, fired in the wake of 7 October, reckons with two years of division, fear and silence
www.equator.org
December 24, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Even with broad public support, no major museum has taken up the genocide in Gaza. No large institution I know of has put on an exhibition about Palestinian artists or Palestinian lives.
www.equator.org/articles/how...
www.equator.org/articles/how...
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The Alchemy Lecture 2025
Sound—at the Interregnum
Glen Coulthard
Canisia Lubrin
Madeleine Thien
Immanuel Wilkins
Date: October 30, 2025
Time: 5 - 8 p.m. (Reception: 5 - 6 p.m.)
Venue: Tribute Communities Recital Hall, CIBC Lobby (Location) YorkU
Event type: Hybrid – in person and online
Sound—at the Interregnum
Glen Coulthard
Canisia Lubrin
Madeleine Thien
Immanuel Wilkins
Date: October 30, 2025
Time: 5 - 8 p.m. (Reception: 5 - 6 p.m.)
Venue: Tribute Communities Recital Hall, CIBC Lobby (Location) YorkU
Event type: Hybrid – in person and online
September 14, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The Alchemy Lecture 2025
Sound—at the Interregnum
Glen Coulthard
Canisia Lubrin
Madeleine Thien
Immanuel Wilkins
Date: October 30, 2025
Time: 5 - 8 p.m. (Reception: 5 - 6 p.m.)
Venue: Tribute Communities Recital Hall, CIBC Lobby (Location) YorkU
Event type: Hybrid – in person and online
Sound—at the Interregnum
Glen Coulthard
Canisia Lubrin
Madeleine Thien
Immanuel Wilkins
Date: October 30, 2025
Time: 5 - 8 p.m. (Reception: 5 - 6 p.m.)
Venue: Tribute Communities Recital Hall, CIBC Lobby (Location) YorkU
Event type: Hybrid – in person and online
Enjoyed reading this. Starts with the banger that the cyber truck’s only success is its perfect symbolism of the decay of the USA
Making Do
Glenn Adamson revisits Charles Jencks’s 1970s book Adhocism, arguing this improvisational approach to design is enjoying a renewed relevance today.
www.artforum.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Enjoyed reading this. Starts with the banger that the cyber truck’s only success is its perfect symbolism of the decay of the USA
This was written in March 2025, but outlines why pressure still needs to put on the Canadian government to stop arms going to Isreal
Canada under Contract to Supply the IDF with Artillery Propellant - Project Ploughshares
According to publicly available US Department of Defense (DOD) procurement records, in September 2024 a Canadian Crown corporation signed a contract to provide the US DOD with artillery propellants th...
ploughshares.ca
August 18, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This was written in March 2025, but outlines why pressure still needs to put on the Canadian government to stop arms going to Isreal
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Anish Kapoor’s Greenpeace splash was just ok imo, so I whipped this out.
Anish Kapoor Greenpeace Collab Sends Generic Environmental Message
Does it add anything to the conversation?
hyperallergic.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Anish Kapoor’s Greenpeace splash was just ok imo, so I whipped this out.
Huge ‘Butchered’ artwork installed on North Sea gas rig by Greenpeace activists
Huge ‘Butchered’ artwork installed on North Sea gas rig by Greenpeace activists
Anish Kapoor work referring to ‘butchering of our environment’ believed to be first fine artwork exhibited from a working gas extraction platform
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Huge ‘Butchered’ artwork installed on North Sea gas rig by Greenpeace activists
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Global condemnation grows after Palestinians held funerals for five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza, with the UN calling it a “grave breach of international humanitarian law.”
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August 12, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Global condemnation grows after Palestinians held funerals for five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza, with the UN calling it a “grave breach of international humanitarian law.”
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This ridiculous critique of curating made me laugh. We are parasites, dilettantes, clerks and thieves open.substack.com/pub/mikepepi...
The Independent Curator has Long Been a Bankrupt Idea
It's time to call it what it was: parasitic
open.substack.com
August 11, 2025 at 11:24 AM
This ridiculous critique of curating made me laugh. We are parasites, dilettantes, clerks and thieves open.substack.com/pub/mikepepi...
Thousands in Tel Aviv protest against Netanyahu’s plan to escalate Gaza war
August 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Thousands in Tel Aviv protest against Netanyahu’s plan to escalate Gaza war
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The recent push by several countries to recognize a state of Palestine is largely symbolic, but it carries diplomatic and potentially legal weight.
France, U.K., others plan to recognize a Palestinian state. What does that change?
The recent push by several countries to recognize a state of Palestine is largely symbolic, but it carries diplomatic and potentially legal weight.
n.pr
August 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The recent push by several countries to recognize a state of Palestine is largely symbolic, but it carries diplomatic and potentially legal weight.
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A groundbreaking new report has just revealed a pipeline of hundreds of ongoing arms shipments from Canada to Israel and the government's web of lies over the last 21 months. Read it and act now - we can’t let a single MP off the hook. #ArmsEmbargoNow armsembargonow.ca/report
Arms Embargo Now!
Canada’s secret arms trade with Israel, exposed: This hard-hitting report exposes the damning data—hundreds of shipments, hundreds of thousands of bullets—and the Canadian government’s web of lies tha...
armsembargonow.ca
July 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
A groundbreaking new report has just revealed a pipeline of hundreds of ongoing arms shipments from Canada to Israel and the government's web of lies over the last 21 months. Read it and act now - we can’t let a single MP off the hook. #ArmsEmbargoNow armsembargonow.ca/report
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"Canada is misleading the public by allowing huge amounts of weapons to be sent to Israel."
"Another 391 shipments containing bullets, military equipment, weapons parts, aircraft components [..] exported to Israel between October 2023 and June 2025."
#Canada #Israel #Gaza #Palestine #Genocide
"Another 391 shipments containing bullets, military equipment, weapons parts, aircraft components [..] exported to Israel between October 2023 and June 2025."
#Canada #Israel #Gaza #Palestine #Genocide
Report Slams Canada’s “Systematic Deception” Over Weapons Transfers to Israel
Activists say the government is misleading the public as Canadian weapons flow to Israel despite pledged restrictions.
truthout.org
July 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
"Canada is misleading the public by allowing huge amounts of weapons to be sent to Israel."
"Another 391 shipments containing bullets, military equipment, weapons parts, aircraft components [..] exported to Israel between October 2023 and June 2025."
#Canada #Israel #Gaza #Palestine #Genocide
"Another 391 shipments containing bullets, military equipment, weapons parts, aircraft components [..] exported to Israel between October 2023 and June 2025."
#Canada #Israel #Gaza #Palestine #Genocide
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"Our Genocide": Israeli Human Rights Groups Accuse Israel of Destroying Palestinian Society in Gaza
“Our Genocide”: Israeli Rights Groups Accuse Israel of Destroying Palestinian Society in Gaza
For the first time, two leading Israeli human rights groups — B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel — have accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. B’Tselem’s report, “Our...
www.democracynow.org
July 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"Our Genocide": Israeli Human Rights Groups Accuse Israel of Destroying Palestinian Society in Gaza
I just learned of “B’Tselem – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories strives for a future where human rights, liberty and equality are guaranteed to all people, Palestinian and Jewish alike, living between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean”
www.btselem.org
www.btselem.org
www.btselem.org
July 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I just learned of “B’Tselem – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories strives for a future where human rights, liberty and equality are guaranteed to all people, Palestinian and Jewish alike, living between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean”
www.btselem.org
www.btselem.org
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Palestinian activist and participant in the Oscar-winning film, No Other Land, Odeh Hadalin was shot in the chest and killed by an Israeli settler in the Occupied West Bank.
The shooter, Yinon Levi, has been under sanctions by both the EU and the US.
The shooter, Yinon Levi, has been under sanctions by both the EU and the US.
July 29, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Palestinian activist and participant in the Oscar-winning film, No Other Land, Odeh Hadalin was shot in the chest and killed by an Israeli settler in the Occupied West Bank.
The shooter, Yinon Levi, has been under sanctions by both the EU and the US.
The shooter, Yinon Levi, has been under sanctions by both the EU and the US.
Israel’s genocide has thrown Gaza into the final chaotic stages of a full-blown human catastrophe. Today’s warning of an unfolding famine – one created entirely by Israel’s murderous siege – must finally rouse the international community to act with a clarity and resolve that has so far been beyond
July 29, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Israel’s genocide has thrown Gaza into the final chaotic stages of a full-blown human catastrophe. Today’s warning of an unfolding famine – one created entirely by Israel’s murderous siege – must finally rouse the international community to act with a clarity and resolve that has so far been beyond
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As record heatwaves boost demand for cooling, air conditioning becomes vital – but with a steep environmental cost.
How do air conditioners work, and what is the effect on the environment?
As record heatwaves boost demand for cooling, air conditioning becomes vital – but with a steep environmental cost.
bit.ly
July 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
As record heatwaves boost demand for cooling, air conditioning becomes vital – but with a steep environmental cost.
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‘FuckLAPD.com’ Lets Anyone Use Facial Recognition to Instantly Identify Cops
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‘FuckLAPD.com’ Lets Anyone Use Facial Recognition to Instantly Identify Cops
A free tool that allows anyone to upload a photo of an LAPD officer to get their name and badge number.
www.404media.co
June 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
‘FuckLAPD.com’ Lets Anyone Use Facial Recognition to Instantly Identify Cops
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The ubiquitous ‘contemporary’ in art is a problem that Groys sheds new light on for me. Its is short text worth reading. www.e-flux.com/notes/670983...
Towards a New Universalism - Notes - e-flux
Boris Groys on the politicization of art.
www.e-flux.com
June 24, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The ubiquitous ‘contemporary’ in art is a problem that Groys sheds new light on for me. Its is short text worth reading. www.e-flux.com/notes/670983...