Protest art

Aerial shot of the British Museum, London.
British Museum Cuts Ties with Fossil Fuel Giant BP

With news of the oil and gas company BP beating predicted revenue streams this year with over …

Just Stop Oil's protest at the National Gallery.
Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers: Activism for Real Change?

Last week at the National Gallery in London, protestors…

Fern Shaffer, Cornfield Outside Mineral Point, Wisconsin, 1997. Costume made from canvas and raffia.
“Ecoart in Action:” Promising Guide for Ecological Artivists
To reach people beyond the confines of museum walls, sixty-seven members of the Ecoart Network (a group with over 200 artist members) have collaborated on a new book that provides a road map, drawn…
Paul Revere, Boston Massacre, 1770. Engraving, hand-colored. Courtesy Collection of the Boston Athanaeum.
Reframed: Paul Revere's “Boston Massacre”
In the special collection of brittle works on paper at the Boston Athenaeum lies Paul Revere’s 1770 hand-colored engraving, The Bloody Massacre.
Tiananmen Square
Inflatable ‘Tank Man’ Commemorates Tiananmen Square 30th Anniversary
On the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests, one artist is making sure the atrocities of that incident are not forgotten.