Nadia Plesner’s Darfurnica Draws Yet Another Lawsuit from Louis Vuitton
Editor and arts writer Paul Schmelzer first wrote this article for his blog Eyeteeth. It appears here on Groundswell with his permission. Darfurnica (detail), Nadia Plesner, 2010 Dutch artist Nadia Plesner got in hot water with Louis Vuitton in 2008 for depicting an African child with one of its high-end bags on one arm and a [...]
Celebrate People’s History Closing at Toronto Free Gallery
Celebrate People’s History, an ongoing poster exhibit at Toronto Free Gallery, comes to a close this Saturday, March 19th. Join us as the posters come down for a chance to purchase the works, as well as the hardcover book that documents the full collection. Proceeds from the sale will benefit Dara Greenwald, an artist and [...]
The Art of the Wisconsin Uprising
As hundreds of thousands gather in Wisconsin today, the protesters will carry posters, placards, and other ephemera that both borrows from and expands upon labor’s graphic lexicon. Photographers, video artists, print makers, and a host of others who don’t lay claim to an arts-focused identity have created a culture in Madison in recent weeks that [...]
Liberate Tate Commissions Alternative Tate Audio Tour, Sound Artist Needed
Liberate Tate, seen previously on Groundswell for their work protesting BP’s sponsorship of cultural institutions, has issued a call for proposals for a sound artwork to act as an alternative audio tour/guide for the Tate. We want to install a new acoustic territory inside the Tate, to create a sound artwork that can occupy the [...]
Three Voina Members Injured in Alleged Police Beating
UPDATE: Two hours after posting this update to the Free Voina English Twitter feed, their site has gone dark. The outage seems to have been an unrelated incident, as the site is back online. Free Voina is reporting this morning that Leonid Nikolayev and Oleg Vorotnikov, both recently released from jail, and a third Voina member, [...]
