Art strikes: an inventory

The historical record of strikes has found scarcely anything of note in the actions of artists, except where they have contributed to the strikes of others. This is not far from the truth, but it does disregard a number of artists’ strikes – a number that has been rising in recent years. They remain comparatively rare and obscure, although their significance in the art world is fairly well established. And their status as strikes is often problematic or gestural. There have been some attempts to record them, but these are partial and/or outdated. The following is an attempt to provide an exhaustive inventory. It is the most extensive by far.

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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Mute/Metamute in Mute, 1 May 2020, the final published version is available at: https://www.metamute.org/editorial/articles/art-strikes-inventory. Reproduced with permission.