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English Language Broadcast - Signs and objects: Pop-Art from the Guggenheim Collection - 12/03/24


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With the development of new technologies children and teenagers are more and more exposed to online content that can be damaging for their emotional well-being. This content can include explicit violence, sexual images, hate speech and mis-information campaigns that can have severe consequences in their social development. To prevent these issues, the Spanish National Institute of Cyber-security, INCIBE, launched a campaing to raise awareness about these dangers. Carlos Puente, cyber-security for minors technitian in INCIBE, joined us to talk about the campaign.And after that, we tell you about a new exhibition taking place in Bilbao. "Signs and Objects. Pop Art from the Guggenheim Collection" is the name of the new exhibition organized by the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. Pop art emerged in the UK towards the end of the 50s and reached the US in the 70s, where it became extremely popular, as it broke with the predominant "Abstract Expressionism" and focused on humour, irony and wit which could be interpreted as a celebration of popular culture or a harsh critique of it. The exhibition includes 40 pieces and will be open until the 15th of September. Curator, Joan Young, tells us about how they planned this exhibition.
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