

Senior Generalitat figures were officially dismissed from office on 28 October 2017 after direct rule was enforced. Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart were both arrested on 17 October 2017. 1,066 (according to the Catalan Health Department).EAW against Puigdemont reactivated Puigdemont detained in Germany on 25 March 2018.Puigdemont prevented from being elected from abroad Jordi Sànchez dropping bid as a result of detainment Jordi Turull charged with rebellion and put under detention after first failed ballot. Political deadlock in the Parliament of Catalonia over investiture.Regional election called for 21 December plurality for anti-independence party Cs, but pro-independence parties retain their majority.Spanish court orders a jail sentence to 8 of Puigdemont's cabinet members (most later released on bail) and EAW against Puigdemont (later withdrawn).

Puigdemont and part of his cabinet flee to Belgium to avoid charges.Article 155 of the Constitution enforced and direct rule imposed over Catalonia.Independence unilaterally declared, then annulled by Constitutional Court.Street protests throughout Catalonia 2017 Catalan general strike.Quim Torra elected as new President of the Generalitat of Catalonia, with the formation of a new Catalan government ending direct rule. Government of Catalonia's refusal to abide by the Constitutional Court's suspension of the 2017 Catalan independence referendum.ĭemonstrations, civil disobedience, civil resistance, occupations, general strikesĭirect rule enforced for six months.Read the news release on the Hammer Museum’s website. “His paintings confront history, politics, violence, and sexuality in a highly aestheticized manner that is both exquisitely painted and deeply responsive to the issues of our time.” He has influenced generations of artists as a professor in UCLA’s art department, and is part of a generation of artists who emerged internationally in the 1990s.” said Ann Philbin, director of the Hammer. “In addition to being an extraordinary painter, Lari has been an important figure in the Los Angeles art community for the past four decades as both artist and teacher. Following its presentation at the Hammer, the exhibition will travel to Kistefos Museet in Jevnaker, Norway May 24 through Oct. 5, 2020, “Lari Pittman: Declaration of Independence” marks the first time the Hammer Museum at UCLA has ever devoted all of its major exhibition spaces to a single living artist. This exhibition will include approximately 80 paintings and 50 works on paper drawn from the Hammer’s own holdings as well as from many public and private collections throughout the world. From his earliest experiments with collage and decoration, to the iconic paintings he produced in response to the AIDS crisis and culture wars of the 1990s, to his more recent mural-scale paintings and symbolic, stylized paintings of textiles paired with portraits, Pittman’s works have remained prescient, incisive, and exquisitely rendered. The Hammer Museum presents “Lari Pittman: Declaration of Independence,” the most comprehensive retrospective to date of the work of American artist Lari Pittman.Ī prolific painter and sharp social critic, Pittman, who is a distinguished professor of art in the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture, has been a strong presence in both the international sphere and the Los Angeles art community.
