Banu Cennetoğlu's refugee death list removed from Liverpool Biennial site

A work by Turkish artist Banu Cennetoğlu documenting migrant and refugee deaths has been taken down from its Liverpool Biennial exhibition location. The piece, titled The List, displayed names of 34,361 individuals who died in or while attempting to reach Europe since 1993. Printed on posters installed at a construction site with developer permission, its removal prompted an investigation. Liverpool City Council denied involvement despite speculation about mistaken identity as illegal flyposting. The biennial organization emphasized the work's significance and committed to reinstalling it while seeking public information via Twitter. Compiled annually by United for Intercultural Action, the list receives regular updates that Cennetoğlu has disseminated globally in public spaces since 2007. The Guardian published the latest version in June 2018 as a World Refugee Day supplement.