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24 Results2025
Pompidou Center Showcases Works Collected by Perennial Rebel Jean-Jacques Lebel
Le Monde 12 Jan, 2025The French modern art museum presents a selection of creations by friends of the writer and anarchist activist, and also by artists he loved, from the endowment fund he launched in 2013.
2022
Three Artists Withdraw from Berlin Biennale over 鈥淐ommodification鈥 of Iraqi Suffering
Hyperallergic 18 Aug, 2022 鈥淥ur bodies are not that cheap,鈥 said one Iraqi artist who signed an open letter to the biennale鈥檚 curators.
Berlin Biennale Responds as Artists Pull Work Over Images of Abu Ghraib Torture
ARTFORUM 18 Aug, 2022After several Iraqi artists removed their work from the 12th Berlin Biennale in protest of the exhibition鈥檚 display of works featuring images of torture taking place at Iraq鈥檚 Abu Ghraib prison, the Biennale鈥檚 curator, Kader Attia, and his team today issued a statement on...
Iraqi Artists Remove Their Works from Berlin Biennale Over Abu Ghraib Photography Row
The Art Newspaper 17 Aug, 2022Sajjad Abbas, Raed Mutar and Layth Kareem say curators "prioritise the display of wrongly imprisoned Iraqis"
Iraqi Artists Criticise Berlin Biennale's Inclusion of Abu Ghraib Torture Photos
The National 16 Aug, 2022 Almost 400 people have signed an open letter in support of Sajjad Abbas, Raed Mutar and Layth Kareem, whose work was originally displayed alongside the images.
Museum Tinguely Presents Jean-Jacques Lebel "La Chose" De Tinguely, Quelques Philosophes Et "Les Avatars De Vénus"
ArtDaily 03 Jul, 2022Museum Tinguely is showing Jean-Jacques Lebel's 鈥淟a Chose鈥 de Tinguely, quelques philosophes et 鈥淟es Avatars de V茅nus,鈥 an exhibition that grew out of Europe鈥檚 first Happening, L鈥檈nterrement de la Chose de Tinguely, which was staged by Lebel on July 14, 1960 in Venice and...
12th Berlin Biennale Review 鈥 Kader Attia鈥檚 Broadside Against Global Iniquity
Art Review 14 Jun, 2022The exhibition has cunningly critic-proofed itself.
Berlin Biennale Reveals Artist List for 2022 Edition About 鈥楶lanetary Emergency鈥
ARTnews 31 May, 2022Less than two weeks before its opening, the Berlin Biennale, one of Europe鈥檚 top recurring art exhibitions, has named the artists set to show in this year鈥檚 edition, curated by artist Kader Attia.