Not An Alternative gets a shout-out from chief art critic Holland Cotter in the NY Times' "Best in Art of 2015" round-up, and in ArtNet's "Most Appalling International Art World Scandals of 2015" list. Huzzah!...
"Neutrality is a political category, one that hides from view the alternatives against which it is defined." Op-ed in The Guardian by members of Not An Alternative. ...
We spoke with City Atlas about The Natural History Museum project, our experiences at the UN COP21 Climate Summit, and the international launch of the museum liberation movement. ...
The entanglements of art, real estate, the "creative class" and gentrification are well documented. We know that artists and arts institutions can be engines of displacement--but can they act as cogs in the machine?...
Goodbye blog, hello website! It's a happy day here at Not An Alternative--we've (at long last) packaged more than 10 years of work into a proper site. No more scrolling through reverse-chronological posts to sort through countless updates, events, videos, essays, and interventions. You'll find it all...
This Sunday! Join us for a talk by media theorist McKenzie Wark at the Eyebeam Annual Showcase in Dumbo. Facebook RSVP here. The Natural History Museum with McKenzie Wark @ The Eyebeam Annual Showcase Gallery 216, 111 Front Street, Brooklyn, NY Feb. 15, 2014, 4pm - 6pm In the anthropocene, natural...
As honorary fellows at Eyebeam, we're excited to be a part of this year's annual Eyebeam showcase. We'll be there as The Natural History Museum. Opening Reception Thursday, January 29th, 6-8PM Please note this exhibition will take place in DUMBO, Brooklyn at Gallery 216, 111 Front Street. Eyebeam's 2015...
Not An Alternative member Jodi Dean presents a talk on the strategy of institutional occupation at the Art & Activism panel at Manifest 10, the European Biennial of Contemporary Art. ...
Calling all makers and re-makers, thinkers and rethinkers, composers and decomposers! Please join us at The Brooklyn Museum this July 31st for the next People's Climate Sporatorium*: a monthly space for artists, curators, cultural producers, technologists, performers, and activists to network, incubate and present works-in-progress in...