The fight against Putin: artists on the frontline

Published: Feb. 5, 2021, 12:22 p.m.

b'On this week\'s podcast: the artist-activists at the heart of Russia\\u2019s biggest protests in a decade and how the Indian government is using heritage and museums to re-write the history of the country. We talk to L\\xf6lja Nordic, an artist, DJ and activist in Saint Petersburg, who appeared in a video released this week by Pussy Riot, Russia\\u2019s most famous cultural activists, in support of "political prisoners" arrested in the protests across Russia. And we talk to the academic Sarover Zaidi about the Indian government\'s approach to the country\'s heritage. In this episode\\u2019s Work of the Week, the artist Navid Nuur talks about Walter De Maria\\u2019s New York Earth Room (1977).


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