In our season one finale, we question and explore the ways in which artists wield their work as an activist tool by revisiting Ai Weiwei’s 2017 citywide blockbuster exhibition, “Good Fences Make Good Neighbors”. Weiwei joins Public Art Fund Director & Chief Curator Nicholas Baume for a conversation about the project and his own history here in New York City. We’ll also hear from Bitta Mostofi, the Commissioner for the New York City Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs about the intersections between art and activism she’s observed over the years and the ways in which spectacle can spark dialogue and serve a cause.

Ai Weiwei’s documentary, Human Flow, is currently streaming on Amazon. For more information on Bitta and her work with MOIA, please visit nyc.gov/immigrants. 

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