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Over 700 creatives condemn the Royal Academy of Arts’ removal of Gaza-related works
Artist and RA alumni Adham Faramawy's collection of new flags titled 'Rainbow Flags' at Piccadilly in London, commissioned by Art of London and Art in Mayfair in partnership with the Royal Academy of Arts, June 10, 2024
OVER 700 creatives and public figures accused the Royal Academy of Arts (RA) of anti-Palestinian censorship today after it removed two artworks from its Young Artists’ Summer Show.
One work, created by an 18-year-old artist, shows a photograph of a protester holding a placard reading “Jews say stop genocide on Palestinians: Not in Our Name.”
A drawing was submitted by a 16-year-old showing a swastika above a screaming woman wearing a headscarf.
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