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Art in Embassies Programme Brings Singer Joan Baez to Geneva Marking the Opening of the Human Rights Council Session
Art in Geneva
A More Perfect Union: American Artists and the Currents of Our Time
Joan Baez, the American singer and songwriter who defined her times promoting social justice through her music during the Civil Rights movement in the US in the 60s, was at Gallery Xippas in Geneva to celebrate the opening of an exhibition to mark the 60th anniversary of the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Art in Embassies and its programme, launched by John F. Kennedy in 1963.
The exhibition coincided with the opening of the UN Human Rights Council session and U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN Human Rights Council Michèle Taylor hosted a few events to celebrate the commitment of the US to the rule-of-law and human rights.
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Here is another American treasure, Jasper Johns ‘Flag’. An exhibition of 100 drawings that the artist collected will be on show in Basel, this coming September, organised by the Kunstmuseum Basel: The Artist as Collector.
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