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What’s happen with Sharjah Biennale 2011?

May 11, 2011

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The XIXth Edition of Sharjah Biennale entitled “Plot for a Biennal” which opened 16th of March 2011 revealed the most crucial in all its history:

Jack Persikian was fired from his post as director of the biennial and its umbrella organization, the Sharjah Art Foundation.

Iranian American Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi participant of the Biennale with his movie now is in the legal battle with Sharjah Art Foundation

The detention of the artist Ibrahim Quraishi after his partecipation in the performance that highlighted what occured in Bahrain

More details in following articles:

A Film Angers an Emirate Festival | NYTimes

At the Sharjah Biennial, Getting to Know the Intimate Side of Rebellion | ARTINFO

The end of Sharjah’s Biennial? |  The Daily Star

Defend holy sensibilities :  Modern art is likely to gain from contradiction, and even, on occasion, from censorship  |  The Art Newspaper

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Filed Under: Art Middle East, Biennale Tagged With: Censorship, Jack Persikian, Sharjah, UAE

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