The Fear of Art: Ai Weiwei - The Censorship of Artists: Artists in Prison, Artists in Exile

• published: 17 Feb 2015
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The Center for Public Scholarship (http://www.newschool.edu/cps/) at The New School (http://www.newschool.edu) presents a public conference on The Fear of Art. Ai Weiwei will give the keynote address via a video he is creating for the conference that addresses "The Censorship of Artists: Artists in Prison, Artists in Exile," followed by a panel discussion with Melissa Chiu (Hirshorn Museum), Ethan Cohen (Ethan Fine Arts), and Minky Worden (Human Rights Watch). Artists are imprisoned and exiled. Art continues to be banned and destroyed. This is evidence of the power of images to unsettle, to speak truth to power, to question our cherished cultural norms and our ideas about what is sacred. Join artists, scholars, and museum directors to discuss the power of art and the importance of advocating for art, artists, and freedom of expression. For complete information, please visit: http://www.newschool.edu/cps/fear-of-art/ The conference has been made possible with generous support from Agnes Gund, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts (http://www.warholfoundation.org/), Ford Foundation (http://www.fordfoundation.org/), ArteEast (http://www.arteeast.org/), and Larry Warsh. The conference is co-sponsored by The Vera List Center for Art and Politics (http://www.newschool.edu/vlc/), PEN American Center (https://www.pen.org/), and the India China Institute at The New School (http://www.indiachinainstitute.org/). Thursday, February 12, 2015 at 10:00 am to 7:30 pm The Auditorium at 66 West 12th Street, Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall