Activism

Activismarchive

Ethics and aesthetics: the increasing prominence of socially engaged art

Away from the glitz of record-breaking auction prices and extravagant art parties, austerity has given strength to a new movement of socially engaged artists

AIDSarchive

'Sexuality, Politics and Protest': The Frieze talk on activism after AIDS

Considering why artistic responses to the AIDS crisis are relevant today

Newsarchive

Ai Weiwei assaulted

He was prevented from testifying in defence of activist Tan Zuoren

Malaysiaarchive

Artists in Malaysia facing censorship, ethnic separation and Islamicisation

But it is a lively scene that looks to the international art world