THE ART OF ACTIVISM AND THE ACTIVISM OF ART

Since the global financial crash of 2008, artists have become increasingly engaged in a wide range of cultural activism targeted aga inst capitalism, political authoritarianism, colonial legacies, gentrification, but also in opposition to their own exploitation. They have also absorbed and reflected forms of protest within their art practice itself. The Art of Activism and the Activism of Art maps, critiques, celebrates and historicises activist art, exploring its current urgency alongside the processes which have given rise to activi...[Read more]