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The Problems and Pleasures of an Activist Art Exhibition

by Billy Anania March 23, 2022March 23, 2022

I am often skeptical of protest art behind glass, yet I still cannot deny the pleasure of experiencing politically charged artworks in a venue making the effort.

Posted inBooks

The Story of Women Artists in Revolution, a Movement Against Patriarchy

by Kate Silzer February 13, 2021February 15, 2021

W.A.R. existed for a brief yet prolific period, from 1969 to 1971, igniting a robust movement against New York City’s art industry.

Posted inArt

Three Lessons from Artists’ Protests of the Whitney Museum in the 1960s–70s

by Caroline Wallace April 27, 2017April 27, 2017

Activist efforts targeting the Whitney Museum of American Art across the 1960s and ’70s provide a starting point to consider the ways in which activists today can effect meaningful changes.

Posted inArt

Dark Matter as a Metaphor for Arts Activism

by Daniel Larkin January 25, 2017January 25, 2017

Activists are like hidden forces operating in the dark, their effects unfolding behind the scenes.

Posted inNews

Art Workers Organize a Fair for Political Action

by Seph Rodney December 15, 2016

This Saturday’s Forward Union Fair intends to connect visitors with nonprofits and community groups, and to help people find ways to become politically active.

Posted inOpinion

Modeling Artistic Resistance in the Era of Trump

by Cathy Park Hong November 29, 2016November 29, 2016

We are artists not just by the objects we make, but by the communities we build, the work we advocate for, and the activism in which we participate.

Posted inArt

Irish Artists Fight to Repeal Their Country’s Abortion Ban

by Diana Sette November 25, 2016November 28, 2016

Artists in Ireland are using diverse tactics to broadcast the message of the pro-choice movement, despite efforts to silence them.

Posted inArt

Queens Residents Write to Donald Trump to Remind Him Where He Comes From

by Allison Meier November 23, 2016November 23, 2016

The Center for Artistic Activism organized a postcard campaign to remind the President-elect that he grew up in one of the most ethnically diverse places on Earth.

Posted inArt

Extending a Local Legacy, Bay Area Artists and Media Activists Fight for Social Justice

by Sarah Rose Sharp July 12, 2016July 13, 2016

SAN FRANCISCO — Just around the corner from the newly expanded San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) — a veritable temple to wealth amassed in the form of contemporary artworks — the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts has mounted a very different kind of installation, one which monumentalizes activism.

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Using Art to Stop a Pipeline

by Jillian Steinhauer September 9, 2015September 10, 2015

How do you halt the construction of a gas pipeline?

Posted inNews

Artist Tania Bruguera Arrested Again in Havana, Injured by Police

by Jillian Steinhauer June 9, 2015June 11, 2015

This weekend artist Tania Bruguera was arrested once again in Cuba, along with dozens of other activists, and was manhandled by the police.

Posted inIn Brief

Designing a Revolutionary Visual Identity for the Black Panthers

by Allison Meier June 9, 2015September 6, 2016

“Art has relevancy, whether it’s to exploit you or pacify you, or to enlighten and inform you. It’s a language, that’s the power of it,” says Emory Douglas, the artist who drove the graphic identity of the Black Panthers.

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