Art after Democracy

After the long triumphant reign of liberal democracies, there is a growing consensus around the belief that democratic orders across the world are in decay. But if anxiety about the fate of democratic systems is rife, much more confidence has been expressed about the role of art in strengthening democratic participation. The six speakers at this event have come together to write a book that will turn a critical eye on the political agency of art at a time when democracies across many regions of the world appear increasingly fragile. In our work, we will question how democratic the relations produced by these artworks really are and analyse the extent to which they replicate the same exclusions and inequalities they denounce. Yet we will also argue that art may play a significant role in re