Groups including Nan Goldin’s PAIN gathered outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, during the latest Purdue Pharma settlement hearing.
Murat Cem Mengüç
Murat Cem Mengüç is a freelance writer, artist and a historian who holds a PhD in history of MENA. He is the founder of Studio Teleocene, and currently based outside of Washington, DC.
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The DC Art Gallery Operating From a Freight Elevator
Housed in a working elevator, Freight Gallery opens roughly once a month for just two hours.
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11 Art Shows to See in Washington, DC, This Fall
Simone Leigh, Maremi Andreozzi, and a Native art show curated by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith are among this season’s major highlights.
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10 Art Shows to See in Washington, DC, This Summer
From Philip Guston to Dante’s Inferno and the Guerrilla Girls, the capital city is sizzling with remarkable art this season.
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Laurie Anderson Takes Stock of Today’s Unpredictable Weather
Anderson insists that she doesn’t consider herself a political artist, but her retrospective, The Weather reveals that her artistic choices are entangled with her politics.
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Unfazed by the Pandemic, Frieze Aims to Carry On
In the middle of a pandemic that hit New York hard, Frieze returns to the city with an in-person art fair, aggressively pursuing making money.
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After White House Fence Comes Down, Its Activist Art and Posters Move Nearby
After the White House installed a controversial metal fence around its perimeter, Black Lives Matter protestors transformed the fence into a messaging board and a spontaneous art show.
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Portraits of Palestinian Life in America
Focusing on a handful of Gazan experiences, Home Away From Home examines how people construct familiar spaces for themselves within distant landscapes and is on view at Aperture.
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An Artist’s Portrait of State Violence in a Contested Corner of Turkey
Originally conceived as a video monument project, Still Life is a book that juxtaposes the Roboski families with the Turkish government’s war on terror.
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Documenting Experiences of Mecca Both Sacred and Irreverent
Ahmed Mater: Mecca Journeys at the Brooklyn Museum is an exhibition that examines the confrontation between the authentic and imagined Mecca, and of pilgrims with the tourism industry.
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The Arrest of a Turkish Photographer in the Encroaching Night
Erdoğan’s book Control depicts an imaginary night out in Gazi, one of the most dangerous districts of Istanbul, commonly viewed as an autonomous zone of underground activity.
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Radical Art from the Past Decade, from Tahrir Square to Recife
In MoMA’s Unfinished Conversations, artists around the world engage with today’s political struggles while exposing their personal, cultural, and historical roots.
