Three Boston exhibitions confront migration and displacement
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Three Boston exhibitions confront migration and displacement
From thermal heat maps to diagrams outlining escape routes for undocumented immigrants
Algerian artist Rachid Koraichi builds cemetery for drowned migrants
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Algerian artist Rachid Koraichi builds cemetery for drowned migrants
Though the site is due to open next spring, Koraichi has already had to bury 56 anonymous bodies to relieve overcrowding in existing local cemeteries
Dear Christoph Büchel, this is how you provide context
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Dear Christoph Büchel, this is how you provide context
An exhibition about migrant deaths at sea provides the information missing from the Swiss-Icelandic artist’s display in Venice
Global refugee crisis brought to the fore in United Nations installation
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Global refugee crisis brought to the fore in United Nations installation
Artist Kate Daudy will also unveil works in London later this year inspired by King Tutankhamun’s treasures
Marc Quinn will display the blood of refugees and celebrities
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Marc Quinn will display the blood of refugees and celebrities
The art project, involving frozen blood drawn from refugees and stars, is not a “spectacle”, says the artist
2018 in contemporary art: the themes of Documenta 14 dominated much art over the past year
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2018 in contemporary art: the themes of Documenta 14 dominated much art over the past year
Contemporary artists are making art from adversity
Whitney staff members assail vice chairman’s business tie to tear gas attacks at US border
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Whitney staff members assail vice chairman’s business tie to tear gas attacks at US border
In a letter, they express ‘outrage’ over a connection to a military and law enforcement supplier
CommentFrieze London 2018
Artists’ battle for refugees is beginning to pay off
Amid the din of cynical populists the voices of these fragile communities are needed more than ever
Ben Luke