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Artforum Fires Editor After Its Open Letter on Israel-Hamas War

Artforum Fires Editor After Its Open Letter on Israel-Hamas War

The New York Times · 27 Oct, 2023 @ 11:45

The editor of Artforum, David Velasco, has been fired after the magazine published an open letter, signed by leading artists, that supported Palestinian liberation. The letter has drawn criticism for its silence about the massacre and kidnapping of Israelis by Hamas.

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