Gallery Talk: #Resist—Collecting Activist Art

Rich Black, Occupy Oakland, from "Occuprint Portfolio," 2012. Print.

Gallery Talk: #Resist—Collecting Activist Art

Apr 10, 2018, 4 PM

Davis Museum Lobby

Free and open to the public

Join Lisa Fischman, Ruth Gordon Shapiro ’37 Director of the Davis Museum, in conversation with Curator Meredith Fluke for a conversation about building a collection of activist art, the rationale behind acquisitions, and the importance of exhibiting political art now.

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