Alexander Adams

Alexander Adams is an artist, art critic and author. His book ‘Iconoclasm, Identity Politics and the Erasure of History’ is published by Societas. Follow him on Twitter @AdamsArtist

How museums get co-opted into politics through charities Op-ed
Donations by a leading UK arts charity appear to be linked with politically charged projects on subjects like climate change and colonialism
Jan 22, 2022 08:28
NFTs and activism named 'most powerful art' of 2021 – no actual artists need apply Op-ed
The ArtReview Power 100 is an annual measure of how badly postmodernism and progressivism has degraded culture.
Dec 1, 2021 13:25
Tate scrapes bottom of barrel in its drive for diversity, accepts TAMPONS as art Op-ed
London’s Tate, apparently in its drive for diversity, has accepted a corporate donation of art that includes tampons. It discredits the gallery as a body which is supposed to preserve the best contemporary art for the nation.
Oct 20, 2021 08:08
Art museums turn to OnlyFans to display nudes as social media sites censor artistic expression, but is it just canny marketing? Op-ed
Viennese institutions are using a website used by individuals to sell sexually explicit content, complaining that platforms like Facebook suppress artistic expression. That’s true – but is this simply a publicity stunt?
Oct 19, 2021 20:11
Creating a ‘Brave New World’: Rather than guarding Britain’s national treasures, woke museum curators want to dispose of them Op-ed
A taxpayer-funded group of politicised surrogate social workers, sorry, museum professionals, wants to embed anti-racism, climate activism, and ‘decolonise’ their institutions by dumping items it considers problematic.
Oct 11, 2021 08:10
Left-wing social justice collectives have captured Britain’s premier art prize. This ‘artivism’ is destroying the museums we love Op-ed
The most provocative, politically woke Turner Prize shortlist so far has been announced, and it signals not only the death of the individual artist but, in time, the end of our great art institutions.
May 7, 2021 15:53
Aristotle and Plato must go. After targeting statues, race activists now aim to topple the ancient founders of Western thought Op-ed
An academic says classics should be cut from university syllabi as it’s so “entangled with white supremacy as to be inseparable from it.” But depriving future generations of the wisdom of the past leads to ignorance & division.
Feb 10, 2021 17:01
How Black Lives Matter, a Marxist political movement, toppled the establishment to become Art’s #1 powerbrokers Op-ed
Arts Review has named BLM as the most dominant force in the art world – the first time a movement rather than an individual has been voted top. It just demonstrates all that’s wrong in the woke world of modern culture.
Dec 6, 2020 13:46
A new statue depicting Medusa holding a man’s severed head symbolises what’s bad about #MeToo – and why it’s backfired on women Op-ed
In Greek mythology, men used to fear the stony gaze of the snake-haired Gorgon. Today, men once again feel such fear – but, ironically, no campaign has done more to impair women’s opportunities either.
Oct 17, 2020 11:59
By postponing an exhibition featuring paintings of KKK figures, senseless censors are devaluing art Op-ed
An exhibition by US painter Philip Guston has been put back until 2024, due to sensitivities over its Ku Klux Klan content. Political gestures like this compromise the art and insult the audience’s intelligence.
Oct 1, 2020 13:35

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