05-05-2024 18:50 via artnews.com

Dozens Arrested at Pro-Palestine Encampment at Art Institute of Chicago

Dozens of pro-Palestine protestors were arrested on Saturday at an encampment at the Art Institute of Chicago, one of the nation’s most heavily attended museums.The People’s Art Institute, a group run by students at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, said on Instagram that it was seeking for the museum and the university to “divest from all entities and individuals financially supporting the Zionist occupation of Palestine.”An encampment was set up on Saturday in
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