When? Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | talk begins at 12:00pm
Where? Hybrid: bring your lunch and join us at Inter Arts Matrix’s studio (Globe Studios, Studio 38, 141 Whitney Place, Kitchener, ON N2G 2X8) or online

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Inter Arts Matrix is very happy to virtually welcome Vid Simoniti, who will present his book, Artists Remake the World: A Contemporary Art Manifesto (Yale UP, 2023), which puts forward a new account of art’s political potential. As the artworld increasingly comes to expect political themes in art, the book asks the foundational questions about aesthetics and politics: What difference can art make? Does political engagement exclude a concern for beauty? What is the difference between artists and activists? 

Vid Simoniti is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Liverpool, where he also runs MA Art, Philosophy and Cultural Institutions.

This event marks the culmination of the initial stage of Inter Arts Matrix’s Art Manifesto Research Group.