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Pierre J.M.M. Mertens

@pierre-mertens.bsky.social

Artist, writer, activist: After the passing of Japanese artist On Kawara in 2014, I continued his work with Daily News Quotes on social media. https://pierremertens.be/en/covers/

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12/11/2025 — Non-native tree devastates Ethiopia’s ecosystems and threatens livelihoods

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#art #Covers #DailyDrawing #PierreMertens #OnKawara #ArtAndNews #ContextualArt #ClimateCrisis #Ethiopia #Deforestation #EcologicalJustice #ArtistsForThePlanet

13.11.2025 13:25 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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US knew Israeli officials discussed use of human shields in Gaza

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#Covers #DailyDrawing #ArtAsWitness #OnKawara #ContemporaryArt
#ArtistsForPalestine #HumanRights #Gaza #FreedomOfThePress
#ContextualArt #ArtAndPolitics #VisualResistance #PierreMertens

13.11.2025 06:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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11/11/25: “Climate change is no longer a threat of the future. It is a tragedy of the present,” Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva stressed at the start of COP30.

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#ArtAndPolitics #ClimateChange #COP30 #Lula #Brazil #ContemporaryArt #VisualResistance

11.11.2025 06:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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10/11/2025: Sudan medics accuse RSF of burning, burying bodies to conceal ‘genocide’
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#CoversProject #PierreMertens #DailyDrawing #ArtAndHumanRights #Sudan #RSF #Genocide #ArtAsWitness #ContemporaryArt #ArtistsForPeace #OnKawara #ContextualArt #ArtReflectsNews

10.11.2025 05:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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9/11/25: UN rights office warns of ‘unimaginable atrocities’ in Sudan’s el-Fasher
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#CoversProject #DailyDrawing #PierreMertens #OnKawara #ArtAsWitness #Sudan #HumanRights #VisualResistance #ArtAndPolitics #ContemporaryArt #ArtistsForPeace

09.11.2025 05:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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8/11/25: Turkiye accuses Israeli officials of ‘genocide and crimes against humanity’ over Israel’s war on Gaza.

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#CoversProject #PierreMertens #DailyDrawing #ArtAndPolitics #ArtistsForPalestine #ContemporaryArt #ArtAsWitness #HumanRights #Genocide #Gaza #CurrentEventsArt

08.11.2025 06:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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7/11/25: Israel ramps up Lebanon strikes as Hezbollah vows to defend itself

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#PierreMertens #OnKawara #DailyDrawing #ConceptualArt #ArtAsWitness #VisualResistance #ContemporaryArt #MiddleEastConflict #ArtistsForPeace #ArtAndPolitics #HumanVulnerability

07.11.2025 06:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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5/11/25: Zohran Mamdani elected as New York City’s first Muslim mayor.
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#CoversProject #PierreMertens #OnKawara #DailyDrawing #ArtAsWitness
#ArtistsForDemocracy #ContemporaryArt #CurrentEventsArt #Equality #Hope #NYC #ZohranMamdani #PoliticalChange

05.11.2025 06:46 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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3/11/2025: Sudan slams RSF ‘war crimes’ in el-Fasher as survivors recount killings
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#Covers #PierreMertens #OnKawara #DailyDrawing #ContemporaryArt #ArtAsWitness #MassVsIndividual #Sudan #WarCrimes #ElFasher #ArtistsForHumanRights

03.11.2025 06:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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02/11/25: Serbian students lead powerful memorial for railway disaster anniversary
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#CoversProject #PierreMertens #OnKawara #DailyDrawing #ContextualArt #ArtAsWitness #ArtistsForPeace #MemoryAndArt #CollectiveGrief #SolidarityThroughArt

02.11.2025 07:35 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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1/11/25: G7 slams Russian attacks on energy as Ukraine decries ‘nuclear terrorism’
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#CoversProject #PierreMertens #DailyDrawing #OnKawara #ArtAndPolitics #Ukraine #Russia #NuclearTerrorism #EnergyWar #ContemporaryArt #VisualResistance

01.11.2025 06:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Current - Pierre Mertens Covers for the world Covers links daily drawings on world news to my commitment with Child-Help, transforming art into awareness and support for...

31/10/25: Supporters are making a final push to convince voters that Mamdani is the man for this historic New York City mayoral moment.

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#ContemporaryArt #ArtAndPolitics #ArtistsForDemocracy #CurrentEventsArt #ArtReflectsNews #NewYorkElection #Mamdani #ArtForChange

31.10.2025 05:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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30/10/25: Hurricane Melissa hits Cuba after killing dozens in Haiti, Jamaica
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#CoversProject #PierreMertens #OnKawara #DailyDrawing #ConceptualArt
#ArtAndPolitics #ArtAsWitness #ClimateCrisis #Caribbean #Haiti #Cuba
#ContemporaryArt #CurrentEventsArt #ArtistsForDemocracy

30.10.2025 06:50 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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29/10/25: Israeli forces have killed at least 63 people in Gaza overnight, including 24 children.
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#ArtistsForPalestine #ArtAsWitness #ConceptualArt #ArtAndPolitics #HumanRights #StopTheKilling #ChildrenOfGaza #ContemporaryArt

29.10.2025 06:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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28/10/25: Afghan women’s football returns to international stage in FIFA tournament
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#CoversProject #PierreMertens #DailyDrawing #ArtAsWitness #WomenInSport #Afghanistan #Freedom #Hope #ContemporaryArt #ArtistsForChange #HumanRights

28.10.2025 05:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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27/10/25: Protesters killed in clashes in Cameroon’s Douala as opposition accuses President Paul Biya of seeking to rig elections.

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#ArtAndPolitics #Cameroon #Douala #FreedomAndDemocracy #VisualResistance #ContemporaryArt #CurrentEventsArt

27.10.2025 04:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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26/10/25: Sudan’s army battles RSF advances in el-Fasher, Bara as civil war rages

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#CoversProject #DailyDrawing #OnKawara #ArtAsWitness #ArtistsForPeace #SudanConflict #ArtAndWar #HumanRights #PierreMertens #ContemporaryArt #CoversForTheWorld

26.10.2025 05:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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25/10/25: Activists say how Mamdani stands up to Trump will start with NYPD

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#ArtAsWitness, #CoversProject, #ArtistsForDemocracy

25.10.2025 08:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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24/10/25: Forty-one aid organizations accuse Israel of ‘arbitrarily’ rejecting aid shipments into famine-struck Gaza.

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#ArtAsWitness #ArtistsForPalestine #DailyDrawing #OnKawara #ContextualArt #VisualResistance #HumanRights #FamineInGaza #ContemporaryArt

24.10.2025 05:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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23/10/25: Louvre director recognises jewel theft failures, says she offered to resign. 👉 pierremertens.be/en/current/

#CoversProject #PierreMertens #OnKawara #DailyDrawing #ArtAsWitness #ContemporaryArt #ArtAndResponsibility #MuseumsAndEthics #CulturalHeritage #MassVsIndividual

23.10.2025 07:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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22/10/25: WHO warns $1.7bn funding shortfall threatens polio eradication efforts.
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#CoversProject #PierreMertens #OnKawara #DailyDrawing #ContemporaryArt #ArtAsWitness #PoliticalArt #HealthJustice #GlobalHealth #PolioEradication #WHO #ArtAndSociety

22.10.2025 04:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Current - Pierre Mertens Covers for the world Covers links daily drawings on world news to my commitment with Child-Help, transforming art into awareness and support for...

21/10/25: BNP Paribas shares fall after US jury’s Sudan verdict — the French bank will pay over $20 million to three plaintiffs amid allegations of human-rights abuses.

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#ContemporaryArt #ArtAsWitness #PoliticalArt #HumanRights #SudanVerdict #ArtistsForDemocracy

21.10.2025 05:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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20/10/25: Testimonies from released Palestinian prisoners and the condition of bodies returned to their families highlight alleged torture and abuse by Israel.
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#CoversProject #ContemporaryArt #ArtAsWitness #PoliticalArt #HumanRights #ArtistsForDemocracy

20.10.2025 05:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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19/10/25: Afghanistan, Pakistan agree to immediate ceasefire after talks in Doha.
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#CoversProject #PierreMertens #OnKawara #DailyDrawing #ContemporaryArt #ArtAsWitness #PoliticalArt #MassVsIndividual #ArtistsForDemocracy #CurrentEventsArt

19.10.2025 05:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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18/10/25: French massacre of WWII African riflemen ‘premeditated’, covered up. 👉 [https://pierremertens.be/en/current/](pierremertens.be/en/current/)

#CoversProject #PierreMertens #DailyDrawing #ArtAsWitness #PoliticalArt #HistoricalMemory #ColonialViolence #ArtistsForDemocracy #CurrentEventsArt

18.10.2025 07:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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17/10/25: Israel’s exploding robots still terrorise Gaza neighbourhoods
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#CoversProject #PierreMertens #OnKawara #DailyDrawing #ContemporaryArt #ArtAsWitness #PoliticalArt #MassVsIndividual #ArtistsForDemocracy #CurrentEventsArt

17.10.2025 05:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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16/10/25: Gaza medics find signs of torture on Palestinian bodies returned by Israel. 👉 pierremertens.be/en/current/

#CoversProject #PierreMertens #OnKawara #DailyDrawing #ArtAsWitness #PoliticalArt #MassVsIndividual #ArtistsForDemocracy #CurrentEventsArt

16.10.2025 05:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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15/10/25: Palestinians see ‘new Nakba’ in West Bank villages as demolitions return.
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#CoversProject #PierreMertens #OnKawara #DailyDrawing #ArtAsWitness #PoliticalArt #MassVsIndividual #ArtistsForDemocracy #ArtAndHumanRights #Nakba #WestBank #ContemporaryArt

15.10.2025 04:43 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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14/10/25: US Speaker Johnson warns government shutdown could be longest in history. 👉 pierremertens.be/en/current/

#CoversProject #PierreMertens #OnKawara #DailyDrawing #ContemporaryArt #ArtAsWitness #PoliticalArt #ArtistsForDemocracy #MassVsIndividual #CurrentEventsArt

14.10.2025 04:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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13/10/25: Palestinian journalist Saleh Aljafarawi has been killed just days after Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip. 👉 pierremertens.be/en/current/

#ContemporaryArt #ArtistsForDemocrac #FreedomOfThePress #JournalistsUnderFire

13.10.2025 05:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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