As celebrities walked the Met Gala’s iconic red carpet, a contrasting scene unfolded across Manhattan’s Upper East Side on the evening of May 6, as hundreds of pro-Palestine protesters took to the streets during the event, reported Hyperallergic. A significant police presence
On May 4, pro-Palestine protestors found themselves in police custody following their demonstration at the Art Institute of Chicago, a museum renowned for its high visitor numbers. The People’s Art Institute, an organization led by students from the School of the Art
Two climate activists recently made headlines by affixing images of environmental devastation onto the glass panel protecting Botticelli’s iconic fifteenth-century masterpiece, The Birth of Venus, at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Hailing from the group Last Generation, a national student-led alliance, these
Protestors threw soup at a painting by Monet at The Musee des Beaux-Arts Lyon. This was the most recent action taken by the same campaign organization that staged a similar prank with the Mona Lisa last month. The 1872 picture was shielded
Artists and activists rallied outside the entrance of the Art Basel Miami convention center to demand a permanent ceasefire in Palestine. Protestors also called for an end to Miami-Dade County’s investments in Israeli bonds. Demonstrators lined up along Convention Center Drive holding
Two climate protestors briefly disrupted a Christie’s auction on Nov 11. Mun Chong and Jim Hicks of the climate emergency group Extinction Rebellion’s (XR) New York branch took to the stage during the Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper sale, interrupting the
Museums have taken on the responsibility of reflecting on everything that is happening in society. They have become a platform for various activities and cannot escape the latest events in the world. Instead of taking to the streets, activists have started to
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston closed early on Thursday, saying that a planned protest by climate activists would’ve posed a threat to the institution. The museum, which was founded in 1903 and modeled on a Venetian palace, said it had
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