American photographer and activist Nan Goldin has used a speech at the opening of her exhibition in Germany to condemn Israel’s war in Gaza.
Nan Goldin speaks at the opening of her exhibition “ Nan Goldin . This Will Not End Well” at the Neue Nationalgalerie museum in Berlin , Friday, Nov. 22. 2024. Pro-Palestinian supporters gather in front of the the Neue Nationalgalerie museum at the opening of the exhibition “ Nan Goldin . This Will Not End Well” in Berlin , Friday, Nov. 22. 2024. Nan Goldin speaks at the opening of her exhibition “ Nan Goldin . This Will Not End Well” at the Neue Nationalgalerie museum in Berlin , Friday, Nov. 22.
“My grandparents escaped pogroms in Russia. I was brought up knowing about the Nazi Holocaust. What I see in Gaza reminds me of the pogroms that my grandparents escaped,” Goldin said. Goldin also criticized Germany and alleged that Islamophobia was being ignored in the country. “Germany is home of the largest Palestinian diaspora in Europe. Yet protests are met with police dogs and deportation and stigmatization,” she said.‘Venom 3’ tops box office again, while Tom Hanks film struggles
Hermann Parzinger, the president of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, to which the Neue Nationalgalerie belongs, sharply condemned Goldin’s talk and the protesters’ disruption of Biesenbach’s speech.Biesenbach noted that he disagreed with Goldin but affirmed her right to freely express herself.
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