Tag: Protesters

Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know on this Thursday, October 7. NEED-TO-READ Mysterious Shanghai Museum Closures Raise Eyebrows – Recent closures at Shanghai museums have sparked speculation about potential government interference. The Long Museum West Bund abruptly shuttered for two days at the end of September ...

VANCOUVER -- Just one day after federal health officials issued a dire warning about the possibility that COVID-19 variants could cause case counts to skyrocket, hundreds of unmasked protesters gathered at the Vancouver Art Gallery for an event dubbed the “BC Grand Freedom Rally.” A pair of Ontario nurses travelled to B.C. to take part in the event, which featured anti-maskers and other COVID-19 ...

Four people involved in the widely discussed dismantling of a monument in Bristol, England, have been charged with criminal damage. Seven months after a statue of 18th-century slave trader Edward Colston was toppled by Black Lives Matter protesters, Rhian Graham, Milo Ponsford, Jake Skuse, and Sage Willoughby will appear in January before a Bristol court, where they will face criminal proceedings. What happens next ...

The international art fair in Nigeria, ART X Lagos, has been postponed in solidarity with the ongoing protests against police brutality that have been rocking the West African country. The fair says that it took the decision as a gesture of respect for the lives lost during the #EndSARS protests that have surged this month, as well as after seriously considering the potential ramifications of ...