Warning! events are born of invitations to artists and curators to make use of a space in the Palais de Tokyo and to respond to the influx of breaking news, be it political, economic, or emotional. “The Case of Pussy Riot,” the first Warning! featured at the Palais de Tokyo, is a project initiated by Russian curator and art critic Andreï Erofeev. 

Three members of the Russian feminist and ecologist punk-rock band “Pussy Riot” have been imprisoned since February 2012, following an unauthorized performance in the Muscovite Cathedral of Christ the Savior, during which they urged the Virgin Mary to dismiss Vladimir Putin and Kirill, patriarch of Moscow and all the Rus’, to the sound of a reinterpretation of the Te Deum. The three members of Pussy Riot are still in custody pending judgment.

The Pussy Riot’s trial
After 6 months in custody, awaiting trial, the sentence felt.
The three members of Russian female punk rock band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in prison Friday after they were found guilty of hooliganism for performing a song critical of President Vladimir Putin in a church.
The three young women will not ask the president for a pardon.

Click here to check out the compilation in support of Pussy Riot: “Pussy Riot je t’aime”