Corporations who monopolize the purchasing of a raw material greatly affect the people who help produce that material. The art group SUPERFLEX attempted to counter this affect in the case of guaraná seeds. In collaboration with farmers who farm guaraná seeds, the group supported the creation of a local economy against the flourishing global one….

Pablo Helguera’s The School of Panamerican Unrest holds as its central goal the idea of relation building between the northern and southern Americas. The work consists of a variety of art media such as performance, video, and group discussion through the form of a schoolhouse to engage members of both hemispheres into a cohesive community….

Very rarely within cities is diversity a truly equal distribution of backgrounds. More often, diversity is present in concentrated pockets of immigrants from more homogenous cultures. This is true in Corona, Queens, a neighborhood within a borough of New York City that is densely populated with immigrants of predominantly Hispanic as well as Asian backgrounds….

How does drawing impact you? The Drawing Center in New York City recently introduced an annual initiative called Winter Term. Winter Term allows the museum to partner with artists or organizations to create programming and exhibitions which explore the way drawing expands beyond two dimensional line on paper into the broader social climate. This programming…

Throughout the latter half of the 20th century, the German Democratic Republic presided over an authoritative regime in East Germany. The Monday demonstrations were a series of peaceful political protests opposing this regime, ultimately leading to the destruction of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989 and the ultimate reunification of Germany. They employed strategies…

In 2018 the artist Kehinde Wiley revealed his portrait of President Barack Obama that was to be hung in the “America’s Presidents” exhibition in the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery (NPG) alongside the 43 portraits of preceding presidents. The difference this time around was the depiction of the first black president created by the first black…

The United States incarcerates more individuals per capita than nearly any other country in the world. Some states take the extra step of permanently revoking former felons’ right to vote in local and national elections. Culturally and legally, then, prisoners’ voices and perspectives are erased from the political landscape in America. Marcia Haffmans’ work Script Under…

In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Maria, the federal government seemed to relinquish its responsibility to provide aid in times of crisis. Thousands on the island were left without power, and even fewer had access to food and nutrients. In this atmosphere, chef Jose Andres came to Puerto Rico with his organization World Central Kitchen….

A common refrain when presented with the homelessness crisis in the United States is the recognition that we have far more empty houses in this country than homeless individuals. In close proximity to this utopic solution would be one that sought to pair homeless individuals with homeowners, and this is exactly what officials in California…

“Reverie” is only one of many examples where, Venezuelan electronic composer and performance artist, Arca honors the grotesque in each of us. Scary, violent, dark and twisted gender, sexuality, race, religion shouldn’t need to become more “family-friendly” or “politically-acceptable” to political inclusion. In all the necessary conversations about marginalized representation, a perfect democracy, and a reevaluation…