Chevra haChachamot on Nostr: London gallery cancels Russian-Israeli artist’s anti-Putin show, objecting to her ...
London gallery cancels Russian-Israeli artist’s anti-Putin show, objecting to her posts mourning Oct. 7, By Andrew Lapin July 8, 2024
...“They said it was wrong that I support Israel,” she said. She added that she had offered to take her name off of the exhibition in order to keep it open, but that the gallery owners had refused.
“The problem came up because Maria is from Israel,” Maria and her partner, Polina Egorushkina, who also goes by her first name, wrote on Instagram in Russian. On another post — accompanying an image of a poster at the exhibition reading “Silence Like A Cancer Grows” — they added, “Why were we allowed to put in so much effort only to have it canceled the opening day?”
The incident was reminiscent of other Israel-related controversies that have swept the art world since Oct. 7..."
https://www.jta.org/2024/07/08/culture/london-gallery-cancels-russian-israeli-artists-anti-putin-show-objecting-to-her-posts-mourning-oct-7
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...“They said it was wrong that I support Israel,” she said. She added that she had offered to take her name off of the exhibition in order to keep it open, but that the gallery owners had refused.
“The problem came up because Maria is from Israel,” Maria and her partner, Polina Egorushkina, who also goes by her first name, wrote on Instagram in Russian. On another post — accompanying an image of a poster at the exhibition reading “Silence Like A Cancer Grows” — they added, “Why were we allowed to put in so much effort only to have it canceled the opening day?”
The incident was reminiscent of other Israel-related controversies that have swept the art world since Oct. 7..."
https://www.jta.org/2024/07/08/culture/london-gallery-cancels-russian-israeli-artists-anti-putin-show-objecting-to-her-posts-mourning-oct-7
#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JewishWomen #JewishArtist #Jewish #Judaism #Oct7 #Antisemitism