Life Amidst Conflict in Beirut
Artist Lamia Joreige researched the sieges, relics, occupations, and natural disasters of Beirut from 1200 BCE through 2010 CE to create Beirut, Autopsy of a City (2010).
Bearing Witness is Not Enough (Play Late)
During the late 1970s and 1980s, Susan Meiselas photographed the violent civil wars in Nicaragua and El Salvador.
Lebanese Artist Brings Kidnappings to Light
Artist Lamia Joreige explores in her work the cultural impact of the Lebanese Civil War (1975–90).
War Through Landscape
Photographer An-My Le, who grew up in Saigon during the Vietnam War, describes her series Small Wars (1999–2002) and 29 Palms (2003–4). She discusses how contemporary landscape photography can be […]
Wall Between Art and Politics
A pioneer of institutional critique, artist Hans Haacke creates conceptual works that expose connections among money, art, and politics.
Social Protests – Glenn Ligon
Glenn Ligon’s 1997 exhibition Glenn Ligon: Day of Absence explored group and individual identity in the context of social protest.
Hand-Drawn Maps of Conflict
Artist Tiffany Chung was commissioned to produce intricate maps of six different international cities for SFMOMA’s 2012 exhibition Six Lines of Flight: Shifting Geographies in Contemporary Art. Chung describes researching […]
1975 Exhibition at The Whitney
Richard Tuttle’s 1975 exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art was highly controversial. He and curator Marcia Tucker recount the art world’s vehement reaction.
Finding Inspiration in Unusual Places
Artist Rosana Castrillo Diaz sheds light on the special moments that drive her work.
Existential Meaning in Everyday Objects
Will Rogan discusses his series Public Sculpture (2001) and Picture the Earth spinning in space (2014), and the accidental meanings and unlikely inspiration he finds in everyday objects.
