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When you consider hip-hop’s legacy, it's hard to believe the iconic genre has only been around for 50 years. This past August marked five decades since the conception of the musical style — the likes of which has undeniably changed music and culture on a global scale in countless, outsized ways. As legend has it, […]
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How Artists Are Keeping the Ancient Practice of Theyyam Alive (Video)
September 11th, 2023 
Awake Goy In Kerala, a state nestled in the southern part of India, the age-old tradition of Theyyam persists, defying the relentless march of time. Read more Section: News Ancient Places Asia Videos History Ancient Traditions Read Later Source
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No Comments »Iranian Artists Forum to review “Adriana’s Pact”
March 5th, 2023 Awake Goy TEHRAN – The acclaimed documentary “Adriana’s Pact” by Chilean director Lisette Orozco will be reviewed at the Iranian Artists Forum on Sunday. Source
New York gallery showcases works by Iranian, Brazilian artists
February 13th, 2023 Awake Goy TEHRAN – High Line Nine Galleries in New York is hanging works by artists from Iran and Brazil in an exhibition at its Gallery 4. Source
Meet the Independent Artists Building the Metaverse
November 22nd, 2022 Awake Goy I walk slowly around the Hidden Heights mansion holding a glass of red wine. No one’s home, and it’s nighttime, like a party has just ended or is about to begin. Inside, the stairway railings and arms of modern metal chairs gleam in the light cast from dripping chandeliers overhead. White couches and wall-to-ceiling windows, […]
Musicians, artists withdraw from music festival in Berlin due to Israel partnership
August 25th, 2022 Awake Goy Several American, English and French singers have pulled out of Berlin’s Pop Kultur Festival due to the event’s partnership with the city’s Cultural Department of the Embassy of Israel. French singer, Lafawndah, withdrew from this week’s Pop-Kultur Festival shortly before the start of the pop culture festival yesterday, after she condemned the organiser’s support for […]
Artists Are Using AI To Imagine Cities Without Cars
July 29th, 2022 Awake Goy The Twitter account @betterstreetsai isn’t like most of the users posting their AI-generated creations to social media. While many have begun using AI tools like DALL-E to generate absurdist memes and surreal fantasy illustrations, Zach Katz, the 28 year-old artist and musician behind the account, uses the machine learning system to visualize alternate versions of […]
Artists Respond To Climate Crisis With World Weather Network
July 22nd, 2022 Awake Goy A library at the top of one of London’s oldest skyscrapers; the rainforest, mountains and coastline of Peru; a Canadian island in the Labrador Current. All of these are weather stations, but they won’t necessarily be reporting temperature changes or barometric pressure. Instead, they are among the 28 international locations from which writers and artists […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: artists, climate, crisis, network, respond, weather, world No Comments »Leading artists demand accountability for Israel’s killing of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
May 20th, 2022 Awake Goy Pedro Almodovar, Susan Sarandon, Tilda Swinton, Mark Ruffalo, Eric Cantona, Miriam Margolyes, Jim Jarmusch, Naomi Klein and Peter Gabriel call for “meaningful measures to ensure accountability for the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh and all other Palestinian civilians.” Source
Posted in Jewish News Tags: accountability, artists, demand, israel, killing, leading, palestinian No Comments »Artists pay tribute to General Soleimani
January 5th, 2022 Awake Goy Artists pay tribute to General Soleimani – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN – Artists have paid tribute to General Qassem Soleimani on his second martyrdom anniversary by organizing exhibitions across Iran. The Dar al-Marhamah Porch in the holy shrine of Imam Reza (AS) in Mashhad was hosting a group of artists painting portraits of General Soleimani during a […]
Hong Kong, Taiwanese Artists and Actors Required to Swear Allegiance to Chinese Constitution
December 31st, 2021 Awake Goy The Chinese communist regime has recently put out regulations that require acting agents—including those from Taiwan, Macau, and Hong Kong working in China—to be certified in mainland China. The agents, as well as the actors they represent, must swear allegiance to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s constitution. Taiwanese lawmakers warn that the artists may be […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: actors, allegiance, artists, chinese, required, swear, taiwanese No Comments »Artists, Activists Demand Concert Venues Drop Amazon’s Palm-Scanning Tech
November 20th, 2021 Awake Goy Above Photo: Amazon. Concert operators may like Amazon’s palm recognition system, but some performers and activists are less than thrilled. A group of 200 artists and 30 rights groups has penned an open letter demanding the Red Rocks amphitheater, its ticketing provider AXS and AEG (AXS’ parent company) “immediately cancel” contracts to use Amazon One scanning at any venue. […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: activists, Amazon, artists, concert, demand, scanning, venues No Comments »Native artists, chefs, craftspeople show off skills in Qeshm Island
November 1st, 2021 Awake Goy TEHRAN – Over 50 artists, musicians, chefs, and craftspeople showed off their indigenous skills for a host of visitors and sightseers during a cultural night held in Qeshm Island on Friday. People who were natives of Riku village put on show indigenous handicrafts and dishes; staged live performances; and held various workshops at a cultural […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: artists, chefs, craftspeople, island, native, qeshm, skills No Comments »Former Heads Of State, Politicians, Artists, And Intellectuals Call On Biden To ‘Let Cuba Live’
July 25th, 2021 Awake Goy Above Photo: Thousands across Cuba have mobilized in support of the revolution. Minrex. An open letter signed by over 400 personalities calls on US president Joe Biden to lift the 243 unilateral sanctions imposed on Cuba during the administration of Donald Trump. The sanctions have greatly aggravated the economic situation on the island. Over 400 […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: artists, biden, former, heads, intellectuals, politicians, state No Comments »Tribal artists forced to sell vegetables, and paintings on the street during pandemic
July 14th, 2021 Awake Goy Ram Narayan Singh Maravi and his wife Indu Bai Maravi selling vegetables in Bhopal Bhopal: Selling vegetables on Bhopal’s Depot Chouraha with his wife, Gond artist Ram Narayan Singh Maravi always carries a tote bag full of paintings with his brushes and colours, at all times. His heart skips a beat every time a customer […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: artists, during, forced, paintings, street, tribal, vegetables No Comments »Over 600 scholars and artists call for the dismantling of the apartheid regime in historic Palestine
July 6th, 2021 Awake Goy Ahmed Abbes, mathematician, Director of research in Paris, France Sinan Antoon, New York University, United States John Avery, Writer, Denmark Bertrand Badie, Sciences Po Paris, France Étienne Balibar, Anniversary Chair of Modern European Philosophy, Kingston University London, United Kingdom Anthony Barnett, Writer, United Kingdom Edmond Baudoin, Auteur de bandes dessinées, France George Bisharat, UC Hastings […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: apartheid, artists, dismantling, historic, Palestine, regime, scholars No Comments »Over 16,000 Artists Sign Letter In Solidarity With Palestine
June 16th, 2021 Awake Goy ‘This is not a conflict: this is apartheid.’ Over 16,000 artists, including hundreds of Palestinian artists, six Academy Award winners, and eight Pulitzer Prize winning writers, have signed a letter denouncing Israel’s apartheid system and calling on countries “to cut trade, economic and cultural relations.” Over 16,000 artists have signed their names in support of […]
New York Frieze Viewing Room hangs works by Iranian artists
May 9th, 2021 Awake Goy New York Frieze Viewing Room hangs works by Iranian artists – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN – Frieze Viewing Room, an ambitious new digital initiative that has been launched with an online edition of Frieze New York, is showcasing a collection of works by Iranian artists in its annual exhibit for galleries from across the world. Works by […]
Street Artists Come Up With Heartening Way To Socially Distance During Pandemic
April 17th, 2021 Awake Goy Parks in Bristol, southwest England, have been covered in hearts so people can socially distance within them as coronavirus restrictions are eased. Artists involved with Upfest, the city’s live street art festival, painted 365 hearts ― spaced more than 2 meters apart ― in eco-friendly chalk line paint on the grass at College Green, Queen Square […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: artists, distance, during, heartening, pandemic, socially, street No Comments »Oxygen Deprivation Led To Altered States For Subterranean Artists
April 10th, 2021 Awake Goy Getting stoned, or high, has always been a way to escape the pressures of day-to-day reality. However, modern artists and psychonauts are at the end of a long chain of stoners that apparently began with subterranean artists working in caves who were starved of oxygen and thus “high.” A team of Tel Aviv University archaeologists […]
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