Welcome to Art Spell, a daily, comprehensive roundup of art news and reviews for the visual arts community. Today’s Editor’s Pick is Has the Art World Instrumentalized the Word “Activist”? by Louis Bury for Art in America. A review of Lauren O’Neill-Butler’s new book on artistic activism, tracing how artists have long organized in resistance while acknowledging the complexities and caveats of such efforts.
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