Artists Nicholas Galanin and Merritt Johnson asked the National Gallery of Art in Washington to remove their sculptures from the museum’s exhibition. This was reported by Artnews.
According to the publication, arts workers decided to do this to protest US plans to provide financial support to Israel. This work, titled Creating with Children, is exhibited in the exhibition “The World Carries Our Ancestors”. This is a large statue of a child dressed in a 17th-century dress, from under whose skirt the open mouths of animals can be seen. The artists said they were trying to portray a figure who had survived centuries of colonialism and slavery.
A representative from the National Gallery said the museum would remove the exhibit from the exhibition.
At the end of October, Hollywood actors reportedly wrote a letter to Biden, urging him to stop the fire in Israel and Gaza. In total, the appeal was signed by 55 Hollywood figures. Among them: Joaquin Phoenix, Cate Blanchett, Jon Stewart, Kristen Stewart, Susan Sarandon, Mahershala Ali, Riz Ahmed, Rami Youssef and Quinta Brunson.
Previously reportedHe said Hollywood would show a movie about Hamas’s oppression.