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• Climate Protestors Force Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum to Close

  08-09-2024 18:46 via artnews.com
  
  Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum was blockaded by climate protestors from the Extinction Rebellion (XR) group on Saturday, forcing the museum to shut “until further notice.”XR activists, wearing yellow boilersuits and facemasks, set off yellow smoke bombs outside the museum. Several protestors chained themselves to a fence by the entrance and demanded the Rijksmuseum cut ties with its main sponsor, the Dutch multinational bank ING Group.According to XR, the bank finances projects that c
  
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• Slovakian Culture Workers Launch Strike Against Government’s ‘Ideologically Motivated Censorship’

  08-09-2024 17:58 via artnews.com
  
  Slovakia’s government is felt the heat on Thursday as cultural workers from hundreds of theaters, galleries, and other institutions across the country threatened to strike.The movement, known as Culture Strike, is coordinated by Open Culture! Platform, an independent civic group that was formed in January to “protect culture in Slovakia from the destructive actions of politicians.”At a press conference in Bratislava, Slovakia’s capital, Culture Stike’s organize
  
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• Rebecca Horn, Legendary Artist Whose Sculptures Aspired Toward Alchemy, Dies at 80

  08-09-2024 17:31 via artnews.com
  
  Rebecca Horn, a venturesome artist whose work explored states of transformation and viewed the body as a portal to other dimensions, died on Saturday at 80. Her New York gallery, Sean Kelly, announced her death, but did not state a cause.Horn’s mysterious, beguiling work is considered essential in Germany, the country where she was based. There, her art was a staple in exhibitions such as Documenta, the closely watched show that recurs once every five years in Kassel, although her work has
  
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