Art and Politics Archives

Colonialism, Audience and Art’s Ability to Teach

30/11/2022

An interview with Larry Ossei-Mensah...

Livien Yin, Poppies, 2022, Acrylic on linen, 137.2 x 106.7 cm; (54 x 42 in.)

Routes of Life, Ghosts of History

20/07/2022

Post-colonialism is alive and well. As a discourse it has parallel pathways to power and capital through institutions and histories. It is a lens to scrutinise how facts are used to build myths and...

Hope and Myth in Mitch Griffiths’ Immortal

28/04/2022

A review of Mitch Griffiths IMMORTAL exhibition at Halcyon Gallery...

Art on the Streets Exhibition

05/10/2018

The posters invite the viewer to consider the role that visual activism can play in our everyday experience, highlighting the power of images to challenge and empower....

Artist-Activist Carlos Celdran Conviction Upheld

28/08/2018

Case against Filipino artist who protested in support of reproductive rights in Manila Cathedral continues as solicitor general asks court to reconsider. ...

Sci-Fi Politicism Meets Erudite Poetry

08/06/2018

dropcap style=”font-size:100px;color:#992211;I/dropcapmagine another world in which extra-terrestrials roam or slide with their cyborg affiliates. Imagine their futuristic habitats, their disasters...