Art
The Tricky Role of Humor in Activist Art and Design
An SFMOMA exhibition raises questions about what it means when museum board members have ties to politicians who support border wall policies.
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Books
The Disruptive Architecture of Border Walls
Rafał Milach sharply documents three international border walls and how they impact our sense of identity and memory.
News
Trump’s Border Wall Construction Is Threatening Ceremonial and Sacred Sites
Construction of the 30-foot steel fence threatens the cultural heritage of the Tohono O’odham people, including burial grounds and a biosphere reserve.
Art
As Walls Go Up at Unprecedented Rates, Artists Use Them as Subversive Canvases
The Annenberg Space for Photography maps the complex landscape of walls and rends, openings and sutures, that, to an ever-larger degree, defines our age.
Art
Visions of California That Don't Begin or End at the Border Wall
The MexiCali Biennial highlights the legacies of colonization along the US and Mexico border.
News
3,800 Volunteers Have Joined an Artist to Challenge Trump’s Idea of a “Big, Beautiful Wall” on the US–Mexico Border
With the help of thousands of volunteers, Enrique Chiu is creating a large-scale mural on Mexico's side of the border to spread a message of peace.