Category Archives: EN

Protesters Urge Guggenheim to Aid Abu Dhabi Workers

Posted on May 25, 2014 by ellenpolus

Protesters critical of the Guggenheim Museum’s planned franchise in Abu Dhabi smuggled artworks into the museum on Saturday evening, placing them in an exhibit of Italian Futurism. The art created by the group, Global Ultra Luxury Faction, known as G.U.L.F., … Continue reading →

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Jonas Staal: Art. Democratism. Propaganda.

Posted on May 24, 2014 by ellenpolus

There is something deeply propagandistic in the disappearance of the notion of propaganda from artistic discourse. The word only resurfaces bluntly to dismiss certain practices as one-dimensional, as pamphletism, or as ideological and doctrinal. In our capitalist-democratic age, art is … Continue reading →

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30 Jewish US Congressmen, senators urge Hungarian PM Orban to reconsider Nazi occupation monument

Posted on May 23, 2014 by ellenpolus

Representative Eliot L. Engel, chairman of the International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians (ICJP) and leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, was joined by 29 other Jewish senators and representatives in calling on Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban … Continue reading →

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Respect: MMA

Posted on May 22, 2014 by ellenpolus

“I just feel like we are amateur fighters. We don’t get money. We don’t get paid.” Respect: Mike Pantangco! Tovább: SportGeza

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Artists Win Appeal Against National Gallery of Canada

Posted on May 15, 2014 by ellenpolus

Today, CARFAC—a non-profit corporation that is the national voice of Canada’s professional visual artists—won its appeal against the National Gallery of Canada in the Supreme Court of Canada. The unanimous decision from a panel of judges was made just a … Continue reading →

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Hungary’s Identity Crisis fought in Concrete and Bronze

Posted on May 14, 2014 by ellenpolus

A café awning in central Budapest reads “things of the past live always with us.” While the establishment is quiet, filled with tourists devouring goulash, that maxim is playing out in real-time just down the street, in Freedom Square (Szabadság … Continue reading →

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Hungary and the End of Politics

Posted on May 12, 2014 by ellenpolus

How Victor Orbán launched a constitutional coup and created a one-party state. On April 6, Hungarians went to the polls and re-elected their government. In most countries, such an outcome would be a reaffirmation of the political status quo. But … Continue reading →

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