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Mata Hari, agente H21 1964

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‘Nude With Skeleton’ by Marina Abramović

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Let the Queen of Heaven be adored.

Hail unto Thee who art NUIT, the blue-lidded daughter of Sunset, the naked brilliance of the voluptuous night-sky.

Hail unto Thee who art BABALON, who appeareth oftentimes in the coals of the fire, and upon the smooth skin of woman, and in the constancy of the waterfall, and in the emptiness of deserts and marshes, and upon great cliffs that look seaward; and in many strange places, where men seeketh Thou not.

Hail unto Thee who art MA, Mighty Mother of us all. In Thee Truth is Delight.

Hail unto Thee who art SHAKTI. To the Goddess who abideth in all beings in the form of Power, salutations unto Thee, salutations unto Thee, salutations unto Thee, again and again.

Hail unto Thee who art KALI, the ultimate, as black as the nothingness of the darkest night. Hail unto Thee who in Thy dancing gathereth the heads of all them that are baptized in the waters of life.

Hail unto Thee who art TARA, the one Star in Sight. Hail unto Thee who art the Savour, who appeareth amongst the flames of mortality as the infinite Will, and who nurseth with the milk of the stars from Thy breasts.

Hail unto Thee who art LALITA, in Thy play Thou art lovely, and enthroned Thou art the Mother of the Universe, the beautiful one and Queen of the three worlds.

Hail unto Thee who art MARIAM, the Lord is with Thee.

Hail unto Thee who art APHRODITE, Lady of Love and of Victory. How Thy glances have kindled all these fires that have blown about the heavens.

Hail unto Thee who art ISIS, Infinite Space, and the Infinite Stars thereof.

Hail unto Thee who AHATHOOR in Thy triumphing, even unto Thee who art Ahathoor in Thy beauty, who travellest over the Heavens in thy bark at the Mid-course of the Sun.

Tahuti standeth in His splendour at the prow, and Ra-Hoor abideth at the helm.

Hail unto Thee from the Abodes of Morning!

- Adoration of the 11 Names of the Goddess

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Art not Ads - maalavidaa

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Seray Ak, Against, 2001

“Shortly after the opening of the 2012 exhibition Aykiri (Contrary) at the Izmir Art Center at Kültürpark in Turkey, officials from the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality removed these three photographs. The artists boldly started a conversation on the politics of public exhibition of works of art in Izmir while vigorous debates about women’s obligation/right to wear head scarves –or not – and the future of the LGBTQ rights movement were underway. The censorship of these photographs occurred one day after a national news agency reported that the works contradicted religious and social values, followed by two national newspapers that published similar stories with one article saying “a photography exhibition that insults religious values has alarmed the country.” In response the Izmir Photography Art Association (IFOD), chaired by Beynan Özdemir, demonstrated its disapproval of the censorship by removing every work from the show thus shutting down the exhibition.”

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Data driven codehalo X

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The Pompeii yakshi, an ivory statuette uncovered from the Roman ruins of Pompeii which originated from India.

Currently housed at the Naples National Archaeological Museum

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Stairs of the Villa Carolina by Tomislav Marcijus

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