Shirin Neshat

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Dana Schutz’s “Open Casket,” seen here on display at the 2017 Whitney Biennial. Credit Benjamin Norman for The New York Times

Turning Point: In a recent wave of protests against art, a prominent art fair in Madrid removed artwork featuring jailed Catalan politicians, stirring debate over artistic liberty.

As far back as one can trace, political art has been problematic but ultimately necessary, as it forces art outside of its comfort zones and connects artists with the world.

As an artist living in exile, I have often found myself crossing the art world’s thin red line, not deliberately but because political reality is what has defined my life. But it isn’t only artists in exile who must deal with this borderline — it exists wherever there is an intersection between art and profit, whenever artists are pulled in opposite directions, balancing high aesthetics and politically charged and relevant subjects.…  Seguir leyendo »