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The Women Tagging and Painting the Streets of Bogotá
Detail of a wall featuring work by Fear (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Here, where graffiti is classified as a violation rather than a crime, street artists do not have...
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In Malmö, Street Art with a Social Conscience
“Welcome to the neighborhood” (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) MALMÖ — The capital of Skåne County, Sweden, enjoys a scenic coastal location, across the Öresund strait from Copenhagen, and...
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An Art Festival on Norway’s Arctic Islands Considers How Humans Are Changing...
Svolvær Harbor (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic unless otherwise noted) SVOLVÆR, Norway — “Lofoten is at a tipping point,” a local artist told me the night I arrived on the Norwegian...
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At a Glasgow Museum, Local Artists Grapple with National Politics
Ross Sinclair, “We Love Real Life Scotland” (2015) (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) GLASGOW — Through the end of February, in order to enter Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) you have...
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A Symbolic Wound Takes Shape in Norway to Remember the 2011 Massacre
Rendering of Jonas Dahlberg, “22 July Memorial at Sørbråten” (all images courtesy Jonas Dahlberg Studio) (click to enlarge) It has been exactly five years since Anders Behring Breivik murdered 77...
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Exhuming Edinburgh’s Hidden Stories
Graham Fagen, “A Drama in Time” (2016) (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) (click to enlarge) EDINBURGH — “Scotland is a canny nation when it comes to remembering and forgetting,” wrote the...
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In Amsterdam’s Red Light District, Street Artists Tell Tourists: “No Fucking...
Partial view of Trompettersteeg with No Fucking Photos murals (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) AMSTERDAM — Things used to be different for sex workers in De Wallen, Amsterdam’s biggest red...
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Malta Returns to the Venice Biennale After 17 Years
David Pisani, “Procession of Our Lady of Sorrows” (2007), gelatin print (all images courtesy the artists unless otherwise noted) VALLETTA, Malta — The Maltese archipelago, strategically positioned...
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Tensions Over Untapped Oil Run Just Beneath the Surface at a Norwegian Art...
A view of Lofoten, Norway, the site of the Lofoten International Art Festival (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) LOFOTEN, Norway — I took three flights to reach the Lofoten International Art...
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Unpacking the Legacy of an Indigenous Uprising in Norway
Installation view of Let the River Flow. The Sovereign Will and the Making of a New Worldliness (photo by Herman Dreyer, courtesy OCA) OSLO — Within the circular arrangement of artworks that makes up...
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A Timely Remembrance For Witch Hunts Of The Past by Louise Bourgeois and...
The Steilneset Memorial sits on the edge of the Barents Sea, into which accused witches were thrown. (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) VARDØ, Norway — It was but weeks ago that US Senator...
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