Protest Art
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Protest artist arrested after setting fire to Paris Bank
Up in flames — Petr Pavlensky, who nailed his scrotum to Moscow’s Red Square in 2013, was protesting ‘the economic system in Europe.’
Written by: Niall Flynn
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Turning protest banners into striking, effective works of art
Pussy grabs back — After coming to the US as an immigrant, artist Aram Han Sifuentes is now challenging right-wing extremism with her community-based project The Protest Banner Lending Library.
Written by: Kadish Morris
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Eight decades worth of protest art comes to New York
An Incomplete History — A new exhibition at the Whitney Museum of Art pulls together the most politically charged work of the last century.
Written by: Dominique Sisley
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In Pictures: Arresting protest art from 1970s US student activists
Political Poster Workshop — Inspired by the Vietnam draft and the killings of unarmed students at Kent State, the posters are a stark snapshot of student activism – '70s style.
Written by: Adam White