Category Archives: EN

Hungary’s 2-Tailed Dog Party Seeks Ballot Space

Posted on March 1, 2014 by ellenpolus

The Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party, or MKKP, is doggedly seeking to enter the upcoming parliamentary elections. It wants the constitutional court to overrule the refusal of the lower courts to recognize it as an official political party. MKKP is campaigning … Continue reading →

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Assembly for Culture in Ukraine

Posted on February 28, 2014 by ellenpolus

On February 23, in the building of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, a meeting of over 200 civic activists, cultural workers and artists created the Assembly for Culture in Ukraine, which has taken control of the state organ for … Continue reading →

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Artists Withdraw from the 19th Sydney Biennale over Transfield Sponsorship

Posted on February 26, 2014 by ellenpolus

It is time to break the silence! Artists Withdraw from the 19th Sydney Biennale over Transfield Sponsorship STATEMENT OF WITHDRAWAL 26 February 2014 We are five of the 41 artists – Libia Castro, Ólafur Ólafsson, Charlie Sofo, Gabrielle de Vietri and … Continue reading →

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Protest Action Erupts Inside Guggenheim Museum

Posted on February 23, 2014 by ellenpolus

Last night, over 40 protesters staged an intervention inside the Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan during Saturday night’s pay-what-you-wish admission hours. Unfurling mylar banners, dropping leaflets, chanting words, handing out information to museum visitors, and drawing attention with the use of a … Continue reading →

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Pussy Riot attacked

Posted on February 19, 2014 by ellenpolus

Russian punk group Pussy Riot is attacked by Cossack militia as they try to perform under a sign for the Sochi Olympics. Cossack militia attacked the Pussy Riot punk group with horsewhips on Wednesday as the group staged an impromptu … Continue reading →

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Days of solidarity with homeless people in Hungary reports and images from February 14-15.

Posted on February 18, 2014 by ellenpolus

ISTANBUL-TURKEY, PRAGUE-CZECH REPUBLIC, CLUJ NAPOCA-ROMANIA, BUCHAREST-ROMANIA, BERLIN-GERMANY, BRUSSELS-BELGIUM, NEW YORK, DUBLIN-IRELAND, PARIS-FRANCE, and more: AVM

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Petition: To the organizers and curator of the IVth Moscow International Biennale for Young Art

Posted on February 7, 2014 by ellenpolus

To The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation The Department of Culture of the City of Moscow National Centre for Contemporary Arts Moscow Museum of Modern Art The Museum of Moscow Curator D.Elliott  Preparations are underway for the IVth … Continue reading →

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