Main Gallery

Nara Yoshitomo “No Nukes (Untitled)”
Practitioner:
Nara Yoshitomo
Date:
Jul 1 2012
An early representation of Nara’s strong stance against nuclear weapons, No Nukes is now synonymous with the antinuclear protest movement. The work is painted over a promotional poster for bossa nova musician Vinicius Cantuária’s Amor Brasileiro (1998) among other printed ephemera.
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Operation Christmas
Practitioner:
Lowe SSP3/Columbian Military
Date:
Dec 25 2010
Operation Christmas was a campaign launched by the Colombian military during the Christmas season to encourage FARC guerrillas to demobilize.[1] The military selected nine 75-foot trees along paths the insurgents used and decorated them with Christmas lights and a message encouraging them to come home.
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Partido de la Red, Argentina's Internet Party
Practitioner:
Partido de la Red (in English, Internet Party)
Date:
Oct 1 2014
The following is Alex King's description of the founding of the Partido de la Red in Buenos Aires, Argentina:
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Pay Trump Bribes Here
Practitioner:
Robin Bell
Date:
May 15 2017
Visitors to the Trump International Hotel in Washington were greeted with a provocative message Monday night: "Pay Trump bribes here."
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Soundsuits
Practitioner:
Nick Cave
Date:
May 3 1992
Nick Cave is an American fabric sculptor, performance artist, and dancer. He was born on February 4, 1959, in Fulton, Missouri. Currently, Cave lives in Chicago, Illinois, where he works at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago as the director of the graduate fashion program.
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Wuming Art Collective
Practitioner:
Zhao Wenliang, Yang Yushu, Zhang Weu and fellows
Date:
Jan 1 1969
The 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 state and Chairman Mao, Wuming artists turned their gaze toward everyday life, painting still lifes, street scenes, human figures, and most iconically, serene landscapes.
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White Clergy Spark Debate By Telling Cops #UseMeInstead For Target Practice
Practitioner:
General Populace, Clergy
Date:
Jan 15 2015
A group of clergy members wanted to change the conversation when they heard that a Florida police department was using mug shots of young black men as targets for shooting practice. “#UseMeInstead,” the religious leaders said, tweeting photos of themselves in hopes that their solidarity would cause cops to “think twice” before pulling the trigger. But the well-intentioned hashtag is provoking mixed responses.
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"Describe Yourself Like a Male Author Would"
Practitioner:
Author Gwen C. Katz/ Artist Whit Reynolds
Date:
Apr 2 2018
On an unnamed part of the internet, young adult author Gwen C. Katz found a delightfully deluded male author claiming that his facility with writing natural women characters constituted an unassailable rebuke to the idea that we need diverse authors to write diverse viewpoints. If a male author can write a woman this convincing, surely there’s no need for the #OwnVoices movement!
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Project Row House
Practitioner:
Rob Lowe
Date:
Jan 1 1993
Project Row Houses (PRH) is a neighborhood-based nonprofit art and cultural organization in Houston’s Northern Third Ward, one of the city’s oldest African-American communities. PRH began in 1993 as a result of discussions among African-American artists who wanted to establish a positive, creative presence in their own community.
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"I'm Here: A Chilean initiative that makes visible street dogs
Practitioner:
Felipe Carrasco and Violeta Caro
Date:
Dec 23 2012
This is one of the noblest urban interventions I've seen lately. Two girls who go to a subway station in Santiago, Chile with lots of colorful balloons with helium. In the balloons write messages like "touch me", "hold me", "adopt me", "love me" or "feed me".
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Republican climate sceptics face battle for re-election as green groups hit back
Practitioner:
green groups
Date:
Oct 3 2012
Republican climate sceptics face battle for re-election as green groups hit back: Activists plan targeted campaign to defeat 'Flat Earth Five' group of Republicans in congress who refuse to accept climate science
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Why protesters disrupted London Fashion Week
Practitioner:
Extinction Rebellion protesters
Date:
Feb 21 2020
Protesters from Extinction Rebellion disrupted London Fashion Week last weekend (15 February). The group called on the industry to change its approach to protecting the planet: “We are asking not for sustainability but a complete reinvention of this industry in a way that regenerates the environment,” Extinction Rebellion spokesperson Sara Arnold said.
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Cameron and Mitchell
Practitioner:
Modern Family/ ABC
Date:
Sep 23 2009
‘Modern Family’ Finale: How Cameron and Mitchell Forever Changed Gay Families on TV The groundbreaking ABC sitcom came to a conclusion this week, forever leaving its mark on the LGBTQ television landscape. Jude Dry Apr 10, 2020 5:00 pm
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MSU community uses art to show solidarity with Iran protests
Practitioner:
MSU
Date:
Jan 27 2023
Amid ongoing protests and government repression in Iran, a group of artists at Michigan State University is raising awareness about the women fighting for their rights in the country. The group hosted a packed crowd one January evening for a night of music, dance, and poetry performances. The pieces, inspired by Iranian stories and icons, show solidarity with the ongoing movement abroad.
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Francis Alÿs, When Faith Moves Mountains, 2002
Practitioner:
Francis Alÿs
Date:
Jan 1 2002
Five hundred volunteers with shovels gathered at a huge sand dune on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, and over the course of a day moved it by several inches. Alÿs developed the idea after first visiting Lima in October 2000. The political context was inescapable: “This was during the last months of the Fujimori dictatorship. Lima was in turmoil with clashes on the streets, obvious social tension and an emerging movement of resistance.
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Egypt’s Hip Hop Revolution Continues: New Videos From The Narcicyst & MC Amin
Practitioner:
The Narcycist
Date:
Feb 29 2012
A year after the revolution, Egypt is still in conflict, still grasping for a catalyst to solidify its society and bring unity and peace to the people. Violence, poverty and unemployement are still rampant, and the voiceless still seek a voice. As was the case in 2011, Hip Hop has reemerged as a voice for the Egyptian youth for 2012, with new challenges and frustrations countering their struggle for freedom and equality.
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The Colors Mountain
Practitioner:
The Colors Mountain
Date:
May 5 2015
The Colors Mountain is a collective intervention project that uses a virtual space dedicated to the observation and investigation of alleged ecological crimes , with the goal of using the concept of "reasonable doubt", not only for possible court acquittal but also cause a formal investigation that could lead to a court complaint.
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Turf the Turf Eco Garden Bike Tour
Practitioner:
Maggie Shirley, Eco Art Incubator
Date:
Sep 27 2013
Turf the Turf hopes to inspire you to reconsider your front lawn by sharing existing examples of creative uses on a fun bike tour around the city of Kelowna. There are many options, such as xeriscaping (using native plants), front yard gardening or even installing original art that can display your creativity and offer you new ways to relate with your environment and your neighbourhood.
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ARTISTS FIGHT TRUMP
Practitioner:
Patricia Dahlman
Date:
Mar 11 2019
Many citizens of the United States have spoken out against Trump by organizing, protesting, voting, writing and making art. Most of us have hoped for the impeachment of this inept, cruel, lying and corrupt con man who is a danger to our country and to the world. We the people of the United States will continue to speak out and fight against Trump.
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The Wack Donalds Project and Mr One Teas
Practitioner:
Mr One Teas
Date:
Apr 13 2011
A French illustrator/painter/graphic designer from Nice who also has had shows in galleries in Monaco, Mr OneTeas is known to some as a graffiti artist who samples pop culture on his canvasses and appropriates commonly recognizable images of Hollywood names like Liz Taylor, Princess Grace, and Alfred Hitchcock. He also presents 80s television culture ironically (spotlighting Gary Coleman, Alf, Mr.
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