Cancellation of Samia Halaby Exhibition at Indiana University Represents 'An Alarming Affront to Free Expression,' Says PEN America
January 13, 2024
January 13, 2024
NEW YORK, Jan. 13 -- PEN America issued the following news release:
PEN America's Artists at Risk Connection (ARC) urgently calls on the Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University (IU) to reinstate the planned inaugural U.S. retrospective exhibition of Palestinian artist, Samia Halaby, calling its cancellation "an alarming affront to free expression."
Salaby, 87, is a leading abstract painter and scholar of Palestinian art. The meticulously planned retrospec . . .
PEN America's Artists at Risk Connection (ARC) urgently calls on the Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University (IU) to reinstate the planned inaugural U.S. retrospective exhibition of Palestinian artist, Samia Halaby, calling its cancellation "an alarming affront to free expression."
Salaby, 87, is a leading abstract painter and scholar of Palestinian art. The meticulously planned retrospec . . .