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Graphic artist Victoria Lomasko’s journey highlights how censorship has intensified in Russia.
The evocative film charts Shen’s and his wife’s experience of life under the Mao regime – as well as communism’s influence on his work.
We had no government funding, no governing structure and no workshop. Yet we produced a huge range of political posters, many of which are now in national collections and have been exhibited often.
From the shock tactics of 90s artists starved of public funding to a pivot towards an art based in community and activism today.
Born 100 years ago this year, Africa’s most legendary filmmaker - and a prolific novelist -remains relevant through his beautifully crafted political works.
Over the past half a century, Australian women’s art has gone from the margins to the mainstream. A new book mapping this story is a flawed, colourful kaleidoscope.
Artists do more than tell us there’s a problem. They can add nuance to the complex web of interconnected issues we face and tell stories about loss, possibility and transformation.
With vinyl records, zines and political posters instead of just books, The Library of Things We Forgot to Remember offers a way to reimagine African history.
Digital artwork has helped campaigns such as the #ClimateStrikeOnline thrive on social media. Through three examples, I explore why digital arts can sustain political engagement amid the pandemic.
A new piece of performance art features a lookalike Ivanka Trump vacuuming crumbs. Not only is it a cutting commentary on labor and gender, but it also highlights the complicity of the viewer.
A walk down Melbourne’s streets reveals more commercial street art than the spontaneous politics of years past.
The posters that have become the voice of protest against Trump.
Faced with fake history, Indian artists are digging up the past.
What you should know about Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.
Gordon Shrigley is running for election with nothing to offer ‘but offer itself’ – Lois Rowe met up him to discuss.
When, some eight or nine years ago, I began researching the responses of Australian and refugee theatre makers, filmmakers and writers to asylum seeker debates it was very easy to share the hopes for political…
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Joanna Mendelssohn is a Friend of The Conversation.Honorary Senior Fellow, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, Graphic Design, Edinburgh Napier University
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Associate Professor of Art History and Museum Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Course Leader and Fine Art Programme Director, University of the Arts London
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Senior Lecturer In East Asian History (History) and Co-Director of Sussex Asia Centre, University of Sussex
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Lecturer in Drama and Theatre, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Professor of Design History, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Culture & Climate, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Visual Arts, Federation University Australia
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Head of Art History at University of Sussex, University of Sussex
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Tutor, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Professor, Harvard University
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Lecturer at the Department of Communication, Universitas Airlangga and PhD Candidate in Digital Humanities, King's College London