Thinking Justice Through Art: Jeannette Ehlers’ Whip it Good
IN CONVERSATION WITH ELSABETH DESTA The arts play a significant role in feminist theory and practice. Art has the possibility to bridge past and present,…
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Resisting Erasure: Gentrification, Art and the Work of Burning Museum in Woodstock, Cape Town
IN CONVERSATION WITH ROBYN AUSMEIER This article discusses the increasing gentrification of Woodstock, Cape Town in the light of the double role of the arts…
Practicing Equality-in-Difference
IN CONVERSATION WITH TERRA CRITICA The audio-clip is a recording of a Terra Critica ReadingRoom session, and part of a series (held in 2017)…
The Companion Species as Artist
IN CONVERSATION WITH GIJSJE HEEMSKERK AND WISKE Gijsje Heemskerk discusses the installation work that she made together with canine companion Wiske for the Artistic Research…
CFP Stedelijk Studies: Towards a Museum of Mutuality
IN CONVERSATION WITH STEDELIJK STUDIES Stedelijk Studies welcomes contributions on the theme ‘Towards a Museum of Mutuality’. Find the full call for papers here. THEME…
Review of Childish Gambino’s ‘This is America’
IN CONVERSATION WITH LEANA BOVEN Donald Glover, also known by his alias Childish Gambino, created a truly original piece of work with his newly released…
Watching Black Panther in the Netherlands
IN CONVERSATION WITH RACHEL GILLETT Black Panther – the Utrecht Experience. On February 14th, 2018, my partner surprised me with a Valentine’s day film date…
Decoloniality in Relation to Museums and Curatorial Practices
IN CONVERSATION WITH LEANA BOVEN The museum’s colonial foundation One could look at the museum as being an active entity, or an urban actor. The…
Feathers to Feminism: on Animal Rights and Women’s Rights
IN CONVERSATION WITH CHLOE DIVERS With the MOED team I visited Atria, the institute of Gender Equality and Women’s History and one of MOED’s partners.…
Forms of Representation and Protest: Compromiso Político by Matthijs De Bruijne
Compromiso Político in BAK is offering a critical approach to current issues in the Netherlands regarding workers’ rights. In this exhibition Matthijs de Bruijne, a visual artist who is well known for his political art, connects social struggles with art and illustrates the potential of artistic interventions for the cause of greater representation of domestic workers and cleaners (who often have a migrant background).