Political Art Archives

Review: COMRADES IN ART: ARTISTS AGAINST FASCISM

20 August 2026 • Herbert Wright

Comrades in Art reveals how artists united against fascism — and why their story feels urgently relevant again.

Beyond The Third Wave: Political Art Takes Over The Free Will Prison

5 August 2026 • Mark Westall

London’s newest alternative art space, The Free Will Prison, opens a politically charged group exhibition

Ralph Steadman’s first selling exhibition of original artworks in 30 years to open in London

27 July 2026 • Mark Westall

Out of Line brings together 27 original Ralph Steadman artworks spanning more than five decades

FAD NEWS: France moves to revoke Pyotr Pavlensky’s refugee status

23 July 2026 • Mark Westall

French authorities have begun proceedings that could revoke Pyotr Pavlensky’s refugee status.

NEWS

FAD NEWS: Russian dissident artist Robert Kuzovkov shot dead in Poland

16 June 2026 • Mark Westall

According to reports from the BBC and other international media, Russian dissident artist Robert Kuzovkov has been shot dead in eastern Poland

NEWS

Review: Zineb Sedira’s When Words Fall Silent, Cinema Speaks… at Tate Britain

14 May 2026 • Mark Westall

Tate Britain has unveiled When Words Fall Silent, Cinema Speaks…, a major new commission by Zineb Sedira

Ai Weiwei to Recreate His Detention in 24-Hour Performance at Aviva Studios

23 March 2026 • Mark Westall

Ai Weiwei will recreate his 2011 detention in a 24-hour performance at Aviva Studios this July,

Peter Kennard’s STOP Published as War Returns to the Global Stage

19 March 2026 • Mark Westall

As global conflict once again dominates headlines, a long-unseen work by Peter Kennard arrives with renewed urgency.

ART BOOKS

Richard Bell’s Embassy comes to Tate Modern

19 May 2023 • Mark Westall

Tate Modern to host Richard Bell’s travelling artwork Embassy. This installation, held jointly in the collections of Tate and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia

Unit London launches Platform, a digital space that engages with urgent socio-political issues

25 October 2020 • Irene Machetti

Unit London just launched Platform, an online exhibitions programme highlighting urgent socio-political issues. Participating artists create new works engaging with a political, cultural or social issue that they feel close to. In alignment with the core social principle of the programme, 10% of sales proceeds from each exhibition will benefit a charity nominated by the artist and/or curator.

NEWS

Joan Cornelà hopeless dystopias at PUBLIC gallery

1 April 2019 • Irene Machetti

I’M GOOD THANKS is a solo exhibition by the renowned Catalan artist Joan Cornel which invites us to peer into his dystopic vision of contemporary life.

HATUFIM: Alain Baczynsky’s empathic identities at ALMA ZEVI

29 March 2019 • Irene Machetti

ALMA ZEVI gallery in Venice presents Alain Baczynsky new exhibition HATUFIM a project Baczynsky has been working on for six years.

Interview with Our Open Call Instagram Finalist neo10y | StrangeLove

28 March 2017 • Ben Austin

We interview controversial artist neo10y on his concept film The Kid That Killed Trump | StrangeLove Festival 2017

INTERVIEWS

Politics & Nature: unnatural and natural states of the world at 56th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia

13 May 2015 • Lee Sharrock

Arriving in Venice for the vernissage days whilst elections were in full swing, I was surprised to be confronted by a politically charged Biennale. Colonialism, Capitalism, Socialism, contemporary slavery and migration were some of the themes running through the 56th Edition of La Biennale di Venezia, which opened not long after a period of several weeks during which more than 1,800 migrants – many of them African – drowned whilst attempting to flee across the Mediterranean to Europe..