How can an artwork make its politics legible or illegible? When is Art a Political Act? explores how art and politics often intertwine, examining dimensions of political engagement as contemporary artists respond to pressing matters of their time.
Examining the Gateway District of downtown Minneapolis, local artist Jaysen Hohlen explores the relationship between the history of queer bars, public spaces, and concepts of progress.
Taking the Measure: Demographic Data as the Foundation for Change
40 years after the groundbreaking work of Howardena Pindell and Guerrilla Girls, Laurel Rand-Lewis, the Walker's Curatorial Fellow for Collections, explores how the data of Museum collections continues to be a tool for change.
Like a Net: Diving into the Political in Allan Sekula's Fish Story
How does living in a sea of information shift the ways artworks can be political? Curator William Hernández Luege explores this question through Allan Sekula's Fish Story.
