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The Orlando Museum of Art is facing a large financial shortfall, beloved Egyptian art center demolished, and more.
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Stalin religious icon splattered with paint in Georgia
The work in the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi depicts St Matrona of Moscow, a visionary and healer, blessing the Soviet dictator
Source: theartnewspaper.com
Far-right mob hunts woman for defacing Stalin icon in Georgian church
Georgia-born Stalin, who infamously suppressed religion in the Soviet Union, was featured on an icon in the country’s main cathedral.
Source: politico.eu
Pro-Russian radicals burn EU flags in Georgia
Pro-Russian radicals from the Alt-Info organisation have been burning European Union flags in Georgia. Source: SOVA project, cited by European Pravda Details: Earlier, Lasha Sharukhia, one of the members of the pro-Kremlin movement, had burned the largest flag of the European Union, which had been hung on the administration building in the city of Mtskheta.
Source: yahoo.com
Tbilisi Pride festival canceled after violent anti-LGBTQ protests
A Pride festival was canceled in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi on Saturday by organizers who say authorities failed to prevent violent disruptions from Russian-affiliated far-right groups.
Source: cnn.com