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Yan Wenliang (Chinese,1893-1990)

TaoHuaWu in Suzhou, 1940s

Oil on woodboard

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April 25, 2024

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Messages of support and strength from Rafah, Palestine to the US student movement.

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AMERICAN INITIALED AND DATED CRAZY QUILT-TYPE PIECED COMFORT / BEDSPREAD, hand-stitched, 30 whole blocks having various plain and patterned fabrics including velvet with all-over polychrome embroidery edges and pictorial motifs, featuring flowers, a peacock, an anchor, and starbursts, three blocks signed with the initials "M.B.L.", "M.M.L.", and "C.H.L." embellished by flowers, dated in two blocks "February 2nd" and "1893", wide back-over-front binding, three-paneled red fabric backing. Dated 1893.

Jeffrey Evans

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Down and Dirty, LA, Photo by Safi Alia Shabaik, 2018

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Feranmi Ajetomobi & Ferida Lino by Carlijn Jacobs for Dazed Magazine May 2024

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Alek Wek at Vivienne Westwood Spring 1998

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Zisis Bliatkas (Greek, 1992) - Iconophile (2021)

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Alay Deng & Nyankiir Deng by Andreas Klassen for Document Journal June 2022

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Everything #54, Photo by Anthony Hernandez, 2002-04

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Duna Haraszti (André & his brother), Photo by André Kertész, 1919

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Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita - Pigeons, 1920, watercolor, gouache, brush and black ink and gold leaf on paper, 32.3 x 48.4 cm

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From the Freedom Flotilla, April 27 2024:

On Thursday afternoon, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition was contacted by the Guinea Bissau International Ships Registry (GBISR), requesting an inspection of our lead ship – Akdenez. This was a highly unusual request as our ship had already passed all required inspections; nevertheless, we agreed. The inspector arrived on Thursday evening. On Friday afternoon, before the inspection was completed, the GBISR, in a blatantly political move, informed the Freedom Flotilla Coalition that it had withdrawn the Guinea Bissau flag from two of the Freedom Flotilla’s ships, one of which is our cargo ship, already loaded with over 5000 tons of life-saving aid for the Palestinians of Gaza. In its communication informing us of this cancelation, the GBISR made specific reference to our planned mission to Gaza. It also made several extraordinary requests for information, including confirmation of the ships’ destination, any potential additional port calls, and the discharge port for humanitarian aid and estimated arrival dates and times. It further demanded a formal letter explicitly approving the transportation of humanitarian aid and a complete manifest of the cargo. Again, this is a highly unusual move from a flagging authority. Normally, national flagging authorities concern themselves only with safety and related standards on vessels bearing their flag, and are not concerned with the destination, route, cargo manifests or the nature of a specific voyage. Just like when you register your car, the authorities don’t require you to detail to them every place you are going to go with the car. Sadly, Guinea-Bissau has allowed itself to become complicit in Israel’s deliberate starvation, illegal siege and genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. Israel is showing the world the extent to which it will go to deny Palestinians the aid they need to stay alive, in direct contravention of International Humanitarian Law, UN Security Council resolutions, and two orders of the International Court of Justice. [...] without a flag, we cannot sail. But, this is not the end. Israel cannot and will not crush our resolve to break its illegal siege and reach the people of Gaza. The people of Gaza and all of Palestine remain steadfast under the most horrific, unimaginable conditions. We take strength from their incredible, inexplicable ability to maintain their humanity, dignity and hope when the world has given them no reason to do so. It is our responsibility to keep that hope alive. WE WILL SAIL.

The Freedom Flotilla, which was set to depart from Turkey on the 27th of April with 5000 tons of life-saving aid, has now been delayed because Israel and the United States has pressured Guinea Bissau to withdraw its flag from the Flotilla's lead ship.

Seeing as how their tactics worked on Guinea Bissau, organizers now fear that Israel and the US will exert the same pressure on whichever country the Freedom Flotilla attempt to register their ship under next.

To help the Freedom Flotilla reach Gaza, please keep an eye out for further updates from the organizers. Right now, as of April 27th, they're asking people to help boost their visibility, and to donate to their member campaigns.

For more info, see their webpage.

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Her smile came to him like a flame catching.

— Iris Murdoch, The Flight from the Enchanter

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Spider-Man 3 (2007) dir. Sam Raimi