The protest group Palestine Action slashed a painting of Lord Balfour housed at the University of Cambridge’s Trinity College. Lord Arthur James Balfour, the British Foreign Secretary, played a significant role in establishing the state of Israel. In 1917, Balfour wrote a
Palestinian solidarity groups, activists and community members marked international Human Rights Day with a demonstration for Palestinian human rights at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR), to bring attention to the human rights crisis in Gaza, and to call for an
Two climate activists were recently arrested at the Natural History Museum in London after spraying a dinosaur skeleton reproduction with orange cornstarch while demanding the UK government halt oil and gas projects. Gastroenterologist Dr. Will Stableforth and physiotherapist Steve Fay sprayed the
London’s Les Miserable performance witnessed a protest demonstration. A video shared by the group showed members storming a theatre stage on Shaftesbury Avenue and inviting the audience to “join the rebellion”. The Metropolitan Police reported that they were called to the protest
A climate activist smeared pink paint on a Tom Thomson artwork at the National Gallery of Canada as part of activities this week drawing attention to demands for a national firefighting service. A video uploaded to Facebook by the group On2Ottawa appears
Pro-Palestine activists gathered outside New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) last night, protesting its ties with Ronald S. Lauder, the museum’s honorary chairman and president of the World Jewish Congress. The demonstration coincided with the World Jewish Congress’s annual assembly, criticized
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri has withdrawn her acceptance of the 2024 Isamu Noguchi Award in protest of the Noguchi Museum’s recent decision to ban the wearing of keffiyehs by staff, a move that has sparked significant controversy. The museum, located in
This past Saturday, the Rijksmuseum, one of Amsterdam’s most iconic cultural institutions, was abruptly forced to close its doors. The reason wasn’t an exhibition malfunction or a curatorial decision, but a blockade orchestrated by Extinction Rebellion (XR), a climate activist group that
Activists protested against billionaire and museum patron Len Blavatnik On July 21 at Tate Modern in London. Members of the British-Israeli group WeDemocracy urged Blavatnik to “stop the attack on the free press,” referencing allegations of censorship at Channel 13, an Israeli
Pro-Palestinian protesters took over parts of the Brooklyn Museum, hanging a banner above the main entrance, occupying much of the lobby, and clashing with police, according to witnesses. The museum, located in Brooklyn, New York City, closed an hour early due to
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