As Radical, as Mother, as Salad, as Shelter: What Should Art Institutions Do Now Discount Outlet Store

Edited by Paper Monument

Have you sensed a change in the position of the art institution vis-à-vis political activism? Can an art institution go from being an object of critique to a site for organizing? How? Should the art institution play this kind of role? What other roles can or should it play? What other institutions, curators, or publics do you look to in formulating your own institution’s position? How can an institution address the dichotomy between art as cultural entertainment and art as political inquiry? What is the role of the curator in mediating this? How does this compare to the artist’s role? How can art institutions be better?

• Paper Monument, 2018
• Softcover, 112 pages
• 5 x 8 inches