Anderson insists that she doesn’t consider herself a political artist, but her retrospective, The Weather reveals that her artistic choices are entangled with her politics.

Murat Cem Mengüç
Murat Cem Mengüç is a freelance writer, artist and a historian who holds a PhD in history of MENA. He is the founder of Studio Teleocene, and currently based outside of Washington, DC.
Unfazed by the Pandemic, Frieze Aims to Carry On
In the middle of a pandemic that hit New York hard, Frieze returns to the city with an in-person art fair, aggressively pursuing making money.
After White House Fence Comes Down, Its Activist Art and Posters Move Nearby
After the White House installed a controversial metal fence around its perimeter, Black Lives Matter protestors transformed the fence into a messaging board and a spontaneous art show.
Portraits of Palestinian Life in America
Focusing on a handful of Gazan experiences, Home Away From Home examines how people construct familiar spaces for themselves within distant landscapes and is on view at Aperture.
An Artist’s Portrait of State Violence in a Contested Corner of Turkey
Originally conceived as a video monument project, Still Life is a book that juxtaposes the Roboski families with the Turkish government’s war on terror.
Documenting Experiences of Mecca Both Sacred and Irreverent
Ahmed Mater: Mecca Journeys at the Brooklyn Museum is an exhibition that examines the confrontation between the authentic and imagined Mecca, and of pilgrims with the tourism industry.
The Arrest of a Turkish Photographer in the Encroaching Night
Erdoğan’s book Control depicts an imaginary night out in Gazi, one of the most dangerous districts of Istanbul, commonly viewed as an autonomous zone of underground activity.
Radical Art from the Past Decade, from Tahrir Square to Recife
In MoMA’s Unfinished Conversations, artists around the world engage with today’s political struggles while exposing their personal, cultural, and historical roots.
What Can We Learn from Dystopian Fiction About Climate Change?
If you haven’t heard of cli-fi yet, you are not alone; however, you have probably either read or watched some already.
The Graphic Idealism of the 1970s US Radical Left
An exhibition at the Interference Archive creates the feeling of wandering around an old curiosity shop where the stock is radical politics.
Why We Still Need Thomas More’s ‘Utopia’ in 2016
At least among the current neoliberal order’s dissidents, More’s imagination continue to inspire, 500 years after he shared it with the world.