Activist art: 77 articles

Jenny Holzer’s Lustmord – Everything you need to know

Photography, Tattoos

Jenny Holzer’s Sign on a truck – Meddling in the US election?

Installations

Lu Guang & pollution: Chinese regime doesn’t want you to see this

Photography

What font is used in Barbara Kruger’s art?

Paintings, Sculptures

Keith Haring’s subversive Berlin Wall mural – The story behind

Murals, Paintings

The middle finger of Milan by Maurizio Cattelan – What you should know

Sculptures

Zhang Huan’s iconic performance: A small mountain of naked people

Performances

Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s giant ghost sculpture in Kassel, Germany

Sculptures

Ai Weiwei’s crabs – A clever wordplay & internet censorship

Installations

Sebastião Salgado’s dramatic Workers photos – Overworked & underpaid

Photography

Shirin Neshat’s Book of Kings captures the faces of the Arab Spring riots

Photography

Pedro Marzorati’s striking installation comments on climate change

Installations, Sculptures, Statues

Marta Minujín’s monument at notorious fascist book-burning location

Architecture, Installations

Kacey Wong’s Paddling Home – A tiny house in Hong Kong

Architecture, Installations, Performances

Shirin Neshat’s Rapture – Veiled women in traditional Islamic attire

Performances, Photography

Why did Ai Weiwei break this million-dollar Han Dynasty vase?

Performances

Keith Haring’s Crack is Wack mural – From illegal to protected

Murals, Paintings

Why did Russian collective Voina paint this gigantic phallus?

Paintings, Performances, Street Art