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Introduction

by Julie Portier

by Julie Portier To broach an embarrassing subject, we started by pondering some deliberately tiresome questions:   “What is political art?” or “can art (still) be left wing?” If the title of the fifth thematic dossier of La belle revue has wound up sounding [...]

Interview with Po B. K. Lomami

by Marie Bechetoille

by Marie Bochetoille Po B. K. Lomami is a programmer, coordinator of socioartistic projects, performer, writer, musician, zine creator, and activist of Congolese descent (RDC) based in Belgium. Her anticolonialist, afrofeminist, and anticapitalist engagement combines militant actions and artistic forms, [...]

Revisiting the Notion of Political Art

by Vanina Géré

by Vanina Géré Several years ago, I was advocating without hesitation for the idea of a “political” art: an art whose content I deemed progressive (feminist, antiracist, etc.) created by artists whose approach I considered honest in terms of its [...]

Interview with Simon Ripoll-Hurier

by Sophie Lapalu

by Sophie Lapalu Sophie Lapalu: In 2010–2011, you took the Masters in Arts and Politics (SPEAP), then joined the School of Public Affairs at Sciences Po. The presentation of the programme is as follows: “This course invites students to confront [...]