The Polish artist Joanna Piotrowska has donated 100 limited edition photographs in a bid to raise money and awareness for women’s rights in Poland. The move follows a ruling last month by the country’s constitutional court banning abortion in cases of severe fetal abnormalities, meaning terminations in Poland are now only allowed in cases of…
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In the run-up to the US presidential election this November, the New York-based human rights non-profit Artistic Freedom Initiative (AFI) is drawing attention to one of President Donald Trump’s most controversial acts, Executive Order 13780, the so-called travel ban that prevents people from several Muslim-majority countries from entering the US. “AFI very much hopes…
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PERFORMANCE ART takes many forms. On Sunday, it was realized in the impassioned sermon preached by Rev. William J. Barber II from the pulpit of his Greenleaf Christian Church in Goldsboro, N.C. Invoking history, astronomy, and the lyrics of Mary J. Blige, he said Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris is the light of the world, emerging four years…
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During a chance conversation with staff from London’s St Paul’s Cathedral in the teeth of the pandemic in April, businessman Lloyd Dorfman (pictured above) realised he could help them solve a serious problem. As the coronavirus toll mounted, curbs were imposed on funeral gatherings and memorial events. The public aspect of grief — the celebration…
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New technology is sometimes associated with a reduction in headcount. However, organisations – including charities and not-for-profits – are finding it can free up staff to focus on the jobs only humans can do. Meanwhile, there’s increasing pressure on not-for-profits and charities to justify their budgets and spending by demonstrating that they’re having a real impact on…
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Engagement with the arts takes on a higher significance during unsettled times, helping with mental strain and unleashing the imagination to escape, innovate and create new ways of being. The established contribution of creative industries to the field of global health combined with the shock of COVID-19 provides an opportunity to reinvent the social role…
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BEIRUT (Reuters) – On the day of the Beirut explosion two months ago, 54-year-old Nabil Debs was busy planning the opening of his boutique hotel which had been in the works for the past decade.Slideshow ( 5 images ) Instead, the day after escaping death in the massive blast that killed nearly 200 people, Debs was…
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Most of the crises I’ve lived through during my more than 50 years on this planet haven’t really ended. The AIDS pandemic of the 1980s and ’90s continues, especially among populations without access to expensive, lifesaving treatments. The moral rot of the Vietnam War and the reckless corruption of the Nixon years now seem mere…
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The outdoor stages are silent. There are no art fairs or gallery walks, no concerts in the parks. The COVID-19 pandemic has decimated arts and culture in America, wiping out as many as half of all jobs for performing artists and musicians, and nearly a third of jobs for all those who work in the creative economy broadly spanning…
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We zero in on one moment in New York City’s cultural calendar that’s been wiped clean — what it means, what it looks like, what it cost and what’s ahead. Ah, New York. The city where, this coming weekend, Hugh Jackman will make mischief out of marching bands in Broadway’s “The Music Man”; Anna Netrebko…
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