Social Engagement

Measuring success in community design projects, from Dakar to Newfoundland

Artistic responses to the question of Palestine

Kateřina Šedá’s projects question the pros and cons of an artistic practice that purports to be for the good of its participants

Mark Godfrey travelled to four cities to gain a deeper understanding of Theaster Gates's intermingling of art with urban regeneration

For 40 years, Suzanne Lacy has worked collaboratively to create installations, videos and large-scale performances in response to social themes and urban issues

Three new publications on socially engaged art by Claire Bishop, Creative Time and Pablo Helguera

The Finnish artist’s subtly transgressive video performances

Art has a long history of engagement with politics. Does recent so-called socially engaged or political art really effect change?

After the tsunami: the role of disaster in Japan’s artistic psyche