Israel’s anti-boycott law a grave threat to free expression

July 20th, 2011

Miri Weingarten explains the undemocratic new legislation that has been criticised in Israel and abroad

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Russian painters to boycott Louvre over banned artist

September 28th, 2010

A group of Russian artists have threatened to boycott an exhibition at the Louvre over the removal of works deemed offensive to Vladimir Putin. Seven painters have said they won’t partiicpate because of a ban on Avdei Ter-Oganyan’s “Radical Abstractionism” series, originally created in 2004. A culture ministry official told newspaper Ria Novosti that a boycott could not take place because the artwork had already been shipped to Paris. Ter-Ognayan wrote on his website that the boycott would draw attention to the “conflict between art and the authorities”. Read more on Avdei Ter-Oganyan here.

Lecturers vote to boycott Israeli universities

May 28th, 2009

Lecturers voted overwhelmingly to boycott Israeli universities and colleges. As soon as the vote was carried, the leadership of the University and College Union declared it void to avoid legal action. Read more here