Yto Barrada and Cian Dayrit ask for art to be removed from exhibition after venue pulled out of hosting speech about war
Two artists have withdrawn their work from a critically acclaimed Barbican exhibition because of the institution’s decision to pull out of hosting a speech about the Israel-Gaza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 requested the Barbican take down two works each from Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art, leaving large gaps in a major show.
