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Yto Barrada and Cian Dayrit ask for work to be removed from exhibition after Barbican pulled out of hosting speech about war
Two artists have withdrawn their work from a critically acclaimed Barbican exhibition because of the institution’s decision to pull out of hosting a speech about the Israel-Gaza conflict, which its CEO acknowledged had caused “significant concern about artistic freedom”.
The French-Moroccan artist Yto Barrada and the Filipino artist Cian Dayrit requested the Barbican take down two works each from Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art, leaving large gaps in a major show.
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