The façade of the Sursock Museum in Beirut on August 5, 2020.
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Lecturers Boycott Oxford Over Cecil Rhodes Statue – More than 150 lecturers have reportedly refused to teach students at Oriel College in Oxford, U.K., after Oxford University made the decision not to remove a statue of British imperialist Cecil Rhodes. A governing body for the college said the time and cost were “considerable obstacles” in the removal of the statue, but opponents say its presence promotes institutional racism. (
Rendering of the new queer arts venue, located in Greenwich s Design District
London is set to receive its first permanent venue dedicated to LGBTQ+ artists following the launch today of a public crowdfunding campaign to establish a queer art space in the capital. Organised by the charity Queercircle, the cultural centre is planned to open later this year in Greenwich Peninsula s Design District, which is billed as London’s first permanent, purpose-built hub for the creative industries.
The venue, designed by David Kohn Architects, will comprise of a main gallery, a library and project spaces that will host a programme of exhibition commissions and collaborative, paid artist residencies for LGBTQ+ artists. Queercircle hopes to further develop adjoining affordable artist studios (prices for which are thus far undisclosed).
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Roberto Cicutto, President of La Biennale di Venezia and Cecilia Alemani appointed as the Artistic Director of the Visual Arts Department by the Board of Directors on January 10, 2020 have announced the title and theme of the Biennale Arte 2022 in the Giardini, at the Arsenale, and at various sites around Venice.
The 59th International Art Exhibition will be titled The Milk of Dreams. This name is borrowed from a book by Leonora Carrington, in which, as Cecilia Alemani says, “the Surrealist artist describes a magical world where life is constantly re-envisioned through the prism of the imagination, and where everyone can change, be transformed, become something and someone else. The exhibition takes us on an imaginary journey through metamorphoses of the body and definitions of humanity.”