Tag Archives: politics

Whose Speech? Artists, Activists, & Being Heard: A Conversation Between Stephanie Syjuco & Astria Suparak

by Astria Suparak and Stephanie Syjuco | Sep 19, 2018

Whose Speech? Artists, Activists, & Being Heard: A Conversation Between Stephanie Syjuco & Astria Suparak

by Astria Suparak and Stephanie Syjuco | Sep 19, 2018

In this special extended interview, artist Stephanie Syjuco and curator Astria Suparak discuss the role of speech and protest in contemporary art and how working as women of color affects their ability to be heard.

On View Now

Tomáš Rafa: New Nationalisms at MoMA PS1

by Rachel Heidenry | Aug 10, 2017

On View Now

Tomáš Rafa: New Nationalisms at MoMA PS1

by Rachel Heidenry | Aug 10, 2017

Slovakian artist Tomáš Rafa’s latest film documents scenes of protests throughout the Balkans and Central Europe, capturing complexities regardless of politics.

Polyculturalist Visions, New Frameworks of Representation: Multiculturalism and the American Culture Wars

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jan 17, 2017

Polyculturalist Visions, New Frameworks of Representation: Multiculturalism and the American Culture Wars

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jan 17, 2017

Nettrice Gaskins examines the ongoing crisis of representation in cultural institutions, ultimately arriving at what she sees as a “polyculturalist” future for art, in which it moves away from dialectical identity politics to a sphere of fluid identities.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Art + Action: Creating a Platform for Social Justice

by Jack Watson | Nov 11, 2016

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Art + Action: Creating a Platform for Social Justice

by Jack Watson | Nov 11, 2016

Art21 Educator Jack Watson shares his recent experience with launching a social justice collective at his high school in Durham, North Carolina.

Art21 Extended Play

Eleanor Antin Plays with Politics

by Ian Forster | Jun 29, 2016

Art21 Extended Play

Eleanor Antin Plays with Politics

by Ian Forster | Jun 29, 2016

Eleanor Antin discusses her use of paper dolls to create politically charged sculptures and videos in a new episode of ART21 “Exclusive.”

Latino/a Art: Race and the Illusion of Equality

by Arlene Davila | Jun 20, 2016

Latino/a Art: Race and the Illusion of Equality

by Arlene Davila | Jun 20, 2016

Scholar Arlene Davila uncovers an ugly truth in the art world and society at large: diversity is not the same as the lack of racism.

Dismantling History: An Interview with Titus Kaphar

by Lindsey Davis | Dec 2, 2015

Dismantling History: An Interview with Titus Kaphar

by Lindsey Davis | Dec 2, 2015

A canvas curtain slips from its place of prestige, revealing another that’s hidden beneath. The folds of a Thomas Jefferson portrait gracefully fall, and behind it we see an African …

Letter from the Editor

Letter from the Editor: Unending Revolution

by Lindsey Davis | Nov 24, 2015

Letter from the Editor

Letter from the Editor: Unending Revolution

by Lindsey Davis | Nov 24, 2015

“All art is in revolution of tyranny.” —Atticus Our recent revolutionary movements feel… deflated. We tell ourselves “things aren’t that bad right?” and the fight we need to make change …

Pop Culture Pirate [interview w/Elisa Kreisinger]

by Nick Briz | Jun 30, 2011

Pop Culture Pirate [interview w/Elisa Kreisinger]

by Nick Briz | Jun 30, 2011

Elisa Kreisinger is a video remix artist, writer, curator, and educator whose work often addresses feminist, queer, and social issues. While there is a long history of appropriation-based political critique …

Once more, with feeling

by Julia Steinmetz | May 10, 2009

Once more, with feeling

by Julia Steinmetz | May 10, 2009

Imagine the evening news meets Flight of the Conchords in a project mapping an effusion of feeling onto the flattened affect of reporters and politicians. YouTube video art sensation “Auto-Tune …

Flash Points

Authenticity 2.0

by Audrey Chan | Mar 3, 2009

Flash Points

Authenticity 2.0

by Audrey Chan | Mar 3, 2009

At the École des Beaux-Arts de Nantes (Nantes School of Art), I am teaching a course called “Contemporary Art in the United States, 2000-Today.” The premise of the course is …