Projects tagged
Politics & Government
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The Fearless Collective – Public Art for Social Change
Read more: The Fearless Collective – Public Art for Social ChangeFounded in India, this collective creates participatory murals that transform public spaces into affirmations of love and resistance. Collaborating with marginalized communities, they co-create artworks that challenge narratives of fear and oppression Fearless Collective is an art collective. It uses…
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Equity and Access: Art & Protest in Spain
Read more: Equity and Access: Art & Protest in SpainSpanish street artist El Rey de la Ruina uses murals and installations to critique inequality and government policies. His works, especially during the pandemic, voiced concerns over healthcare, housing, and public resources in Madrid’s urban spaces. The nature of these…
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Art of the Umbrella Movement
Read more: Art of the Umbrella MovementArt of the Umbrella movement refers to artistic works created as part of the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong which demanded democracy in the election of the territory’s top leader. Most of the physical works of art are located within…
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Tracking Transience
Read more: Tracking TransienceAn erroneous tip called into law enforcement authorities in 2002 subjected Hasan Elahi to an intensive investigation by the FBI and after undergoing months of interrogations, he was finally cleared of suspicions. After this harrowing experience, Elahi conceived “Tracking Transience”…
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Wuming Art Collective
Read more: Wuming Art CollectiveThe Wuming Painting Collective, formed in Beijing during the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976), was a clandestine group of artists who defied the authoritarian control over art and expression. In a time when all art was harnessed as propaganda to glorify the…
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Bad Bunny’s ‘Debí Tirar Más Fotos’ is a form of activism
Read more: Bad Bunny’s ‘Debí Tirar Más Fotos’ is a form of activismBenito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, better known to the world as Bad Bunny, has once again proven that his artistry goes far beyond reggaeton and trap. On January 5, 2025 — the eve of Puerto Rico’s cherished Three Kings Day —…
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IT IS GUNS
Read more: IT IS GUNSIn response to shootings across the United States, and in sympathy with students’ demands for more gun control, artist Jenny Holzer wrote text that animates issues of the firearms industry and gun violence. Her hyperactive black-and-white writing flashed on mobile…
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Teeter-Totter Wall, 2019
Read more: Teeter-Totter Wall, 2019hot pink see-saws installed along the US-Mexico border where one person on each side can sit and see-saw with the other. installed at Sunland Park, nine miles northwest of El Paso, on the 18 feet slats border wall between Mexico…
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Creative Time NYC’s unique flag project
Read more: Creative Time NYC’s unique flag projectThe 14th day of June each year is celebrated as Flag Day, and in 2017 it was no different save for the fact that the project took center stage. The celebrations kicked off with hoisting the resist flag, a creation…
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Be Clean!
Read more: Be Clean!On October 16, 1964, the artist collective Hi Red Center, clad in sanitation masks and white uniforms and wielding small brooms and toothbrushes, spent several hours meticulously cleaning the streets of the Tokyo district of Ginza, amid the hustle and…