#Artistic Activism

Articles (5)

• 🇺🇸 Chicago artists channel creativity into protesting the immigration crackdown — 17/03/2026 [USA]

  The Trump administration's immigration crackdown has ignited protests nationwide. It has also galvanized grassroots artists and community organizations. Jeffrey Brown reports from Chicago, where artis...

  Related: #Immigration Protest
• 🇬🇧 ‘People say: be quiet and make your music’: avant-pop star Mary Ocher on her vociferous politics – and leaving Israel behind — 17/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Born in Russia and raised in Israel, Ocher rejected the IDF draft for a life in Germany. As she releases an album inspired by the Weimar period, she discusses nationalism, AI and the future of huma...

  Related: #Cultural Identity
• 🇺🇸 Artists4Ceasefire Unveils New Pins Designed by Shepard Fairey Ahead of Oscars (EXCLUSIVE) — 15/03/2026 [USA]

  Artists4Ceasefire has a new pin badge just in time for the 2026 Oscars ceremony. With just hours to go until the 98th Academy Awards, the collective of actors, filmmakers and other artists — which as ...

  Related: #Celebrity Advocacy
• 🇬🇧 South African photographer Zanele Muholi: ‘My mother worked for a white family. I remember the pools I wasn’t allowed to swim in’ — 13/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>The artist has spent three decades changing the face of African art, and has just won the prestigious Hasselblad award. But they say the win isn’t about them – it’s for under-represented people sti...

  Related: #Apartheid Legacy
• 🇺🇸 Yorgos Lanthimos, Mike Figgis & Ben Rivers Sign Letter Condemning Iran Conflict: “No Freedom Will Ever Be Born From War” — 10/03/2026 [USA]

  Directors Yorgos Lanthimos, Mike Figgis and Ben Rivers have joined scores of artists and academics in an open letter condemning the joint U.S.-Israeli war against Iran and emphasizing Iranians right t...

  Related: #Anti-War Sentiment