Between 2017 and 2020, street artist and political activist Banksy issued an unknown number of limited edition art objects in Palestine, only available to guests staying at the Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem. Like the hotel, these hand-painted polymer resin multiples were intended to highlight the living conditions of the Palestinian people. The miniatures were created by Banksy, who supervised decorations carried out by Palestinian artists – copies of the iconic graffiti he has painted on t...

'Ema (Nude on a staircase)' pulls the reader into the mind of Ema, the young woman descending the staircase in Gerhard Richter's 1966 painting, 'Ema'. Ema is a young artist who wants to discover what her greatest form of creativity is. She embarks on a journey of awakening, a quest for mastery that brings her into dialogue with her teachers and with her great mentors, the artists Gerhard Richter, Marcel Duchamp and John Cage. Ema explores her field, finds her own voice, considers the world an...

Places we've been before, but never seen before

Artivisme lijkt tegenwoordig een modewoord te zijn geworden voor de empowerment van vrouwen door middel van activistische kunst. Dit boek wil de diversiteit aan praktijken en realiteiten onder de paraplu van kunstactivisme en activisme in de kunsten in zijn breedte tonen. De verzameling bijdragen (32!) van kunstenaars, journalisten en onderzoekers vertegenwoordigt een reeks kritische inzichten, perspectieven en praktijken en verkent en reflecteert op de rol van feministische interventies op h...

An expertly curated compilation of officially published step-by-step guides on how to deal with every kind of disaster imaginable, drawn from government archives all around the world from the 1910s to today.