Politics of visual arts in a changing world 2014-2024 edited by Vishakha N. Desai

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vishakha N. Desai

Contributor:

Desai, Vishakha N., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art--Political aspects--Cross-cultural studies.

Art.

Art--Exhibitions--Political aspects--Cross-cultural studies.

Art--Political aspects.

Art--Exhibitions.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Columbia University Press (Lightning Source), 2026.

New York Columbia University Press 2026

Summary:

Over the past decade, social and political movements transformed the arts. From the streets of Chile and Iran to museums in Europe and the United States, and from questions of representation and repatriation to demands for equity and justice, protest and activism affected the creation, presentation, and interpretation of visual arts around the world. Bringing together artists, scholars, activists, and museum professionals from varied fields and backgrounds, this book explores the intersections between visual art and social movements during the last tumultuous decade. Spanning themes of protest art, museum ethics, restitution, and institutional transformation, the collection considers how visual arts have both responded to and shaped politics and society. Contributors highlight the role of artists as catalysts for change and delve into how institutions grapple with their colonial pasts. Featuring essays, case studies, and artist spotlights, this book not only documents a critical moment in the art world but also raises thought-provoking questions about its future. In the current moment of heightened global unrest and existential threats to the future of art institutions, it offers vital insight into art's place in the politics of representation, memory, and resistance

Contents:

Uprising and Black visual culture in the Upper South / Angela N. Carroll

Women artists and street politics in Iran / Pamela Karimi

The art of protest : memory, history, and witnessing in contemporary Sri Lankan art / Sasanka Perera

Street art in the vanguard : the politics of visual culture in Chile's estallido social / Terri Gordon-Zolov

Beyond identity : the unsettling hope in the art of contemporary Hong Kong / Vennes Cheng, Sau Wai

Embodying memories of protest : Khaled Barakeh's MUTE installation as relation / Khaled Barakeh and Anne-Marie McManus

Oil and art : implicating museums in climate change / Betti-Sue Hertz

The long last stand of American public monuments : case study of the removal of Charlottesville's Lee / Erin L. Thompson

The documenta : a world art exhibition in Kassel, Germany / Bernd Scherer

Anadolu kültür in its twenty-first year against the backdrop of Turkish politics, culture, and arts / Asena Günal

Featured artists / curated by Sandhini Poddar

Restitution of cultural property to its countries of origin : seven converging drivers / Yudhishthir Raj Isar

Beyond state-centered restitution? : contestations of colonial collections in France and Germany, and their constraints / Lotte Arndt and Yann LeGall in conversation with Winni Rust

Heritage diplomacy : Mexico's journey beyond restitution / Jessica De Alba-Ulloa

Cultural diversity, heritage, and visual arts : UNESCO's approach / Irina Bokova

Slave history museums in Africa : relevance of the past for the new generation / Louisa Onuoha

Mutant museum / Souleymane Bachir Diagne

The polyphonic museum / Donatien Grau

A new museum for a new era / Kamini Sawhney

Defending Valhalla / Manouchehr Shamsrizi

Musings on museums : a conversation / Adam Weinberg and Vishakha Desai

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Other Format:

Print version:

Print version Politics of visual arts in a changing world, 2014-2024 /&nbs

ISBN:

9780231560887

0231560885

9780231565318

0231565313

OCLC:

1585500367

Publisher Number:

CIPO000365488

CIPO000365475

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license