Two artists withdraw work from Barbican show in row over Gaza talk

Yto Barrada and Cian Dayrit ask for art to be removed from exhibition after venue pulled out of hosting speech about warTwo artists have withdrawn their work from a critically acclaimed Barbican exhibition because of the institution’s decision to pull out of hosting a speech about the Israel-Gaza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 chief executive acknowledged had caused “significant concern about artistic freedom”.The French-Moroccan artist Yto Barrada and the Filipino artist Cian Dayrit requ