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Courtesy Centre Pompidou Hanwha, Seoul
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On 27 May, a collective of artists and thinkers published an open letter, accompanied by an op-ed in the French newspaper Libération, calling for the termination of the partnership between the Centre Pompidou and the Hanwha group. The Centre Pompidou Hanwha set to open later this week in Seoul.

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The statements denounce the Hanwha group’s involvement ‘in the arms industry linked to the Palestinian genocide’ and criticises the partnership with the French museum as a form ‘“art-washing” operation masking profits derived from armed conflicts’.

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As of today, the letter has been signed by over 100 art professionals, writer and thinkers, including Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Ali Cherri, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, and Ariella Aïsha Azoulay. 

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