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Curator, writer, tired of exceptionalism

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papapapararo.bsky.social @papapapararo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I need to see NAZA
theguardian.com
Gaza documentary NAZA beats Avengers Endgame: Encore to top Italian box office
Award-winning, Guardian-produced film focused on Israel’s mass killing of civilians extends run after sold-out screenings
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papapapararo.bsky.social @papapapararo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
newyorkwarcrimes.com
The Living Record: Gaza’s Journalists Remember Their Colleagues
More than 260 Palestinian journalists have been martyred during Israel's genocidal war on Gaza. Listen to their stories, as told by their loved ones, here.
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papapapararo.bsky.social @papapapararo.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
how is Israel is deporting flotilla activists when they captured them? Shouldn’t it be releasing them?
theguardian.com
Israel deports foreign Gaza-bound flotilla activists after global outcry
Move comes amid condemnation of Itamar Ben-Gvir after video posted showing detained protesters being taunted
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papapapararo.bsky.social @papapapararo.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
For those of us who work in public art institutions - Espoo’s model of longer more sustained support of artists seems a good path forward.
theartnewspaper.com
Finnish museum creates a new and radical support model for artists
Espoo Museum of Modern Art has committed to supporting four artists over the next several years with financial, practical and institutional backing
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papapapararo.bsky.social @papapapararo.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Bravo and thank you Rinaldo Walcott who exposes Bienstock’s prejudices and the biases she lays bare in her doc speechless.
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papapapararo.bsky.social @papapapararo.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Universities and art schools acting like corporations has been true for decades, but it seems most relevant now. Article is NYC centred but broadly relevant, too real, and sadly reflective of my experience.
hyperallergic.com
The Death of the Art School
The rampant corporatization and "administrification" of American higher-education institutions has turned students into mere consumers.
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papapapararo.bsky.social @papapapararo.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Slowly compiling art work about protest. And this grand work by Jeremy Deller always rings even though it has an unsettling register I. It depiction of violence. www.artangel.org.uk/project/the-...
artangel.org.uk
The Battle of Orgreave - Artangel
The artwork made in 2001 by Jeremy Deller about the 1984 confrontation between police and picketing miners at a British Steel coking plant in Orgreave, South Yorkshire.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Meta's latest offering: an AI powered Ring of Gyges, paid for as a monthly subscription
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papapapararo.bsky.social @papapapararo.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
‘Men retire, women get fired’ — the quiet crisis gripping museums
Image of first page of financial times article on why ‘Men retire, women get fired’ — the quiet crisis gripping museums
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papapapararo.bsky.social @papapapararo.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
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How many countries has the US bombed since 2001, and how much has it cost?
Since 9/11, the US has engaged in three full-scale wars, bombing at least 10 countries under four presidents.
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papapapararo.bsky.social @papapapararo.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Demand transparency! Call out the Barbican for its decision to curtail Devyani Saltzman’s tenure as Director for Arts and Participation. Please sign and share in solidarity.
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Open Letter to Barbican
Dear Chair of the Barbican Board and Members of the City of London Corporation, We are writing as a group of global majority creative and cultural leaders and allies to express our profound disappoin...
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papapapararo.bsky.social @papapapararo.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Such short sightedness. More silencing of strong cultural voices.
theguardian.com
Barbican arts director to leave, months after revealing creative vision for centre
Shock departure of Devyani Saltzman comes weeks after new CEO joined and before major refurbishment
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papapapararo.bsky.social @papapapararo.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
artnews.com
British Museum Removed the Word ‘Palestinian’ from Some Displays Amid Pressure from Pro-Israel Group
The British Museum removed the word 'Palestinian' from some displays. UK Lawyers for Israel sent a letter to the museum about the word.
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papapapararo.bsky.social @papapapararo.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Aruna DSouzas’ Whitewalling-Art-Race-Protest-in-3-Acts deserves a reread
brooklynrail.org
Aruna D’Souza’s Whitewalling: Art, Race & Protest in 3 Acts | The Brooklyn Rail
Centering public protest as the platform of the oppressed—and, in Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s words, “riot as the language of the unheard”—author Aruna D’Souza offers an uncensored look at the role ...
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papapapararo.bsky.social @papapapararo.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
I was fortune to curate “In the Near Future” by Sharon Hayes. A performance and photo work where Sharon staged lone protests holding slogans from historic mass protests.
shaze.info
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papapapararo.bsky.social @papapapararo.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Thinking about art that examines mass protests. Will post here starting with this work by Ahmet Öğüt, which posits art as part of it’s strategy
ahmetogut.com
Bakunin's Barricade — Ahmet Öğüt
Bakunin’s Barricade 2015-2022  Frist version Eindhoven 2015 a  barricade inspired by Bakunin’s never realized proposal in 1849 using works from...
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papapapararo.bsky.social @papapapararo.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
I am humbled by faculty, student and community support
theglobeandmail.com
York University faculty, grad students, alumni push admin to reinstate terminated curator
Termination coincides with administration’s ‘resistance’ to artwork dedicated to student movement for Palestine, says letter from 117 signatories
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papapapararo.bsky.social @papapapararo.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Important read that sums up the political and class divides and contradictions in the artworld. Gaza its breaking point www.equator.org/articles/how...
equator.org
How Gaza Broke the Art World • EQUATOR
The former editor of Artforum, fired in the wake of 7 October, reckons with two years of division, fear and silence
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papapapararo.bsky.social @papapapararo.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
frames.forensic-architecture.org/gaza/ceasefi...
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FA Projects
Forensic Architecture
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papapapararo.bsky.social @papapapararo.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
aljazeera.com
Microsoft cuts Israeli military’s access to some cloud, AI products
Microsoft said Israel’s use of Azure to store data obtained through mass surveillance of Palestinians violated its terms
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papapapararo.bsky.social @papapapararo.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Enjoyed reading this. Starts with the banger that the cyber truck’s only success is its perfect symbolism of the decay of the USA
artforum.com
Making Do
Glenn Adamson revisits Charles Jencks’s 1970s book Adhocism, arguing this improvisational approach to design is enjoying a renewed relevance today.
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papapapararo.bsky.social @papapapararo.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
theguardian.com
Israel bombed Gaza hospital a second time, killing rescuers, say health officials
At least 20 people, including five journalists, died as they rushed to help those wounded in the first strike
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papapapararo.bsky.social @papapapararo.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
This was written in March 2025, but outlines why pressure still needs to put on the Canadian government to stop arms going to Isreal
ploughshares.ca
Canada under Contract to Supply the IDF with Artillery Propellant - Project Ploughshares
According to publicly available US Department of Defense (DOD) procurement records, in September 2024 a Canadian Crown corporation signed a contract to provide the US DOD with artillery propellants th...
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Hrag Vartanian @hrag.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Anish Kapoor’s Greenpeace splash was just ok imo, so I whipped this out.
hyperallergic.com
Anish Kapoor Greenpeace Collab Sends Generic Environmental Message
Does it add anything to the conversation?
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papapapararo.bsky.social @papapapararo.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Huge ‘Butchered’ artwork installed on North Sea gas rig by Greenpeace activists
theguardian.com
Huge ‘Butchered’ artwork installed on North Sea gas rig by Greenpeace activists
Anish Kapoor work referring to ‘butchering of our environment’ believed to be first fine artwork exhibited from a working gas extraction platform
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 12/08/2025
Global condemnation grows after Palestinians held funerals for five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza, with the UN calling it a “grave breach of international humanitarian law.” 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/9f0y06
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papapapararo.bsky.social @papapapararo.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
This ridiculous critique of curating made me laugh. We are parasites, dilettantes, clerks and thieves open.substack.com/pub/mikepepi...
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The Independent Curator has Long Been a Bankrupt Idea
It's time to call it what it was: parasitic
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papapapararo.bsky.social @papapapararo.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Thousands in Tel Aviv protest against Netanyahu’s plan to escalate Gaza war
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NPR @npr.org · 01/08/2025
The recent push by several countries to recognize a state of Palestine is largely symbolic, but it carries diplomatic and potentially legal weight.
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France, U.K., others plan to recognize a Palestinian state. What does that change?
The recent push by several countries to recognize a state of Palestine is largely symbolic, but it carries diplomatic and potentially legal weight.
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Cynthia Black (she/her) @cynthiablack.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
A groundbreaking new report has just revealed a pipeline of hundreds of ongoing arms shipments from Canada to Israel and the government's web of lies over the last 21 months. Read it and act now - we can’t let a single MP off the hook. #ArmsEmbargoNow armsembargonow.ca/report
armsembargonow.ca
Arms Embargo Now!
Canada’s secret arms trade with Israel, exposed: This hard-hitting report exposes the damning data—hundreds of shipments, hundreds of thousands of bullets—and the Canadian government’s web of lies tha...
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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 29/07/2025
"Canada is misleading the public by allowing huge amounts of weapons to be sent to Israel." "Another 391 shipments containing bullets, military equipment, weapons parts, aircraft components [..] exported to Israel between October 2023 and June 2025." #Canada #Israel #Gaza #Palestine #Genocide
truthout.org
Report Slams Canada’s “Systematic Deception” Over Weapons Transfers to Israel
Activists say the government is misleading the public as Canadian weapons flow to Israel despite pledged restrictions.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 29/07/2025
"Our Genocide": Israeli Human Rights Groups Accuse Israel of Destroying Palestinian Society in Gaza
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“Our Genocide”: Israeli Rights Groups Accuse Israel of Destroying Palestinian Society in Gaza
For the first time, two leading Israeli human rights groups — B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel — have accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. B’Tselem’s report, “Our...
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papapapararo.bsky.social @papapapararo.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
I just learned of “B’Tselem – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories strives for a future where human rights, liberty and equality are guaranteed to all people, Palestinian and Jewish alike, living between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean” www.btselem.org
btselem.org
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 29/07/2025
Palestinian activist and participant in the Oscar-winning film, No Other Land, Odeh Hadalin was shot in the chest and killed by an Israeli settler in the Occupied West Bank. The shooter, Yinon Levi, has been under sanctions by both the EU and the US.
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papapapararo.bsky.social @papapapararo.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Israel’s genocide has thrown Gaza into the final chaotic stages of a full-blown human catastrophe. Today’s warning of an unfolding famine – one created entirely by Israel’s murderous siege – must finally rouse the international community to act with a clarity and resolve that has so far been beyond
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 26/07/2025
As record heatwaves boost demand for cooling, air conditioning becomes vital – but with a steep environmental cost.
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How do air conditioners work, and what is the effect on the environment?
As record heatwaves boost demand for cooling, air conditioning becomes vital – but with a steep environmental cost.
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papapapararo.bsky.social @papapapararo.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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404 Media @404media.co · 24/06/2025
‘FuckLAPD.com’ Lets Anyone Use Facial Recognition to Instantly Identify Cops 🔗 www.404media.co/fucklapd-com...
404media.co
‘FuckLAPD.com’ Lets Anyone Use Facial Recognition to Instantly Identify Cops
A free tool that allows anyone to upload a photo of an LAPD officer to get their name and badge number.
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papapapararo.bsky.social @papapapararo.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
The ubiquitous ‘contemporary’ in art is a problem that Groys sheds new light on for me. Its is short text worth reading. www.e-flux.com/notes/670983...
e-flux.com
Towards a New Universalism - Notes - e-flux
Boris Groys on the politicization of art.
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papapapararo.bsky.social @papapapararo.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Relief and a raised fist as Mahmoud Khalil goes free
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papapapararo.bsky.social @papapapararo.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
A new alternative streaming platform. let’s all join!
watch.watermelonpictures.com
Watermelon +
Stories that break the silence.
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Canada, Germany, England, Denmark, Netherlands, and France all have travel advisory warnings for visiting America. US will lose 12.5 billion in tourism by end of 2025 www.cntraveler.com/story/which-...
cntraveler.com
Why Are Countries Issuing Travel Advisories for the United States?
An increasing number of foreign visitors face challenges at the border, and countries including Canada and Denmark have updated their travel advisories.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 27/05/2025
UK must impose sanctions on Israel to meet legal obligations, say more than 800 lawyers
theguardian.com
UK must impose sanctions on Israel to meet legal obligations, say more than 800 lawyers
Exclusive: Letter to PM signed by retired supreme court justices among others says lack of action will imperil international legal system The UK must impose sanctions on the Israeli government and its ministers and also consider suspending it from the UN to meet its “fundamental international legal obligations”, more than 800 lawyers, academics and retired senior judges, including former supreme court justices, have said. In a letter to the prime minister, they welcome Keir Starmer’s joint statement last week with the leaders of France and Canada warning that they were prepared to take “concrete actions” against Israel. But they urge him to act without delay as “urgent and decisive action is required to avert the destruction of the Palestinian people of Gaza”. Continue reading...
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
One of the highlights of this year was co-hosting a keynote lecture by the magnificent Sherene Seikaly, titled "Palestine as Paradigm." I am so honoured to be able to share it with you all. Take some time with it. Her message has never been more urgent. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq0A...
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Palestine as Paradigm: A Keynote Lecture by Sherene Seikaly | Long Arc of Fascism Conference
YouTube video by CCMS SFU
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papapapararo.bsky.social @papapapararo.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Toronto became less of city yesterday.
Text of new city anti-protest by-laws
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papapapararo.bsky.social @papapapararo.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
I haven’t seen The Settlers, but watched No Other Land last night, which offered a glimpse into the bigoted and violent actions of non military settlers in the West Bank. I cannot say I look forward to watching this doc, but will.
theguardian.com
If you were shocked by my film on Israeli settlers in the West Bank, you haven’t been paying attention | Louis Theroux
The response to The Settlers has been humbling. But the ongoing displacement and intimidation of Palestinians is more severe than we could capture, says documentary presenter Louis Theroux
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