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An academic drama over false Islamophobia

While there have been many Hamline University faculty and students who have resisted substituting identity politics and theocracy for academic inquiry, the college appears to have an utterly spineless administration.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 20, 2023

Editorial: Embracing ‘The Embrace’: US cities including New York need more, not less, adventurous public art

The hammers are out for a Boston public artwork honoring Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy. Sure, “The Embrace” is untraditional. People are entitled to their opinions on this and any other sculpture. Art creates conversation, and public art, more so.

Tribune News Service · Jan 20, 2023

Artist asks British Museum to return Assyrian treasure to Iraq in swap

Sculptor Michael Rakowitz says he will give his fourth-plinth bull to Tate Modern if Iraq can share custody

The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2023

Watch as Jamie Lewis speaks about turning his love of art and crafts into a job in Dublin

Jamie Lewis is an artist who has been producing animals in his studio in Benburb Street, Dublin, for the last eight years.

Irish Mirror · Jan 19, 2023

New Liverpool show aims to raise awareness of gaslighting

LIPA student Raven Radha raises awareness from shared and personal experiences of how gaslighting in relationships can be overcome

Liverpool Echo · Jan 19, 2023

US director Peter Sellars on making art in epic times

His directorial talents embrace opera, theatre, dance, visual arts and film. As he brings Wagner's "Tristan and Isolde" to the Opera Bastille in Paris, Peter Sellars tells us about the lessons the "total work of art" has to teach us about glimpsing beauty amid the madness. This latest production incorporates…

France 24 · Jan 19, 2023

Two Belfast murals in running for worldwide street art award

Works by Belgian artist Kitsune Jolene and local legend Emic have made the global selection

Belfast Live · Jan 19, 2023

Commentary: Outrage over an image of Muhammad is itself Islamophobia

In the name of combating Islamophobia, Hamline University in Minnesota has committed a particularly egregious exercise in Islamophobia.

Tribune News Service · Jan 19, 2023

Rachel Whiteread calls for end to Trafalgar Square fourth plinth sculptures

Artist says programme needs ‘rethink’ amid evidence that sculptors cannot find permanent homes for their work

The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2023

What happened to Trafalgar Square’s previous fourth plinth statues?

While most of the artworks are in storage, some went on tour and some have found permanent homes

The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2023