Art as an Act of Resistance: A Conversation With Shaun Leonardo, Dread Scott, and Clifford Owens

As a seemingly endless stream of images of police violence and protest fill our screens, many artists have been working to both address those images and contend with the nation’s legacy of racism—including Dread Scott, Shaun Leonardo, and Clifford Owens. During the talk, the three artists will share their views on the intersections of performance art and protest, the effects of images of black suffering, and the future of social responsibility in the art world.