Farah Nayeri

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Farah Nayeri is an Iranian-born author and journalist based in London. [1] [2] Her 2022 book, Takedown, focuses on the changing landscape of art activism and visual art amid #MeToo, Black Lives Matter and other changes to the art world dating back to political censorship of art in the 1980s in the United States. [3] Nayeri hosts the Culture Blast podcast and frequently writes for the New York Times , among other publications, and chapters in Takedown refer back to her previous writings, such as those on the new look at Paul Gauguin through the lens of today's world. [2] [4] [5]

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  2. 1 2 Harris, Gareth (2022-03-08). "What now? Lessons for the art world in the BLM and #MeToo era". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  3. "TAKEDOWN". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  4. "The changing face of art censorship". 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  5. Judah, Hettie (2022-06-07). "Warning Labels at Museums Make Art More Accessible to All—But They Should Stop Short of Telling Us How to Think" . Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  6. "A New Book Explores How Decades of Activism Resulted in the Power Shifts Upending Today's Art World—Read an Excerpt Here". 26 April 2022.