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An economic and political system that favors private ownership, capitalism has sparked some profoundly creative pushback. In abandoned bank buildings, failed urban development projects and public squares, we discover artists and their communities in the U.S., Western Europe, South America, and Greece taking on the challenge—as whistleblowers, catalysts, educators, moneymakers, evangelicals, and documentarians.
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For our Playlist series, Miami-based artist Eddie Arroyo introduces The Art of Capitalism episode from 2018. Listen to find out what art has to say about our careening global economy.
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Today, capitalism, also known as “the free market,” is linked to trade wars, massive student debt, entire countries going bankrupt, burgeoning virtual currencies and coded…
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Today, we explore sounds of the international art exhibition documenta 14. This is a sonic tale of two cities. That’s because in 2017, the highly respected exhibition that…
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Live streaming from Cannibal Radio in Athens, Greece, we introduce you to four of the city’s young culture makers. My co-hosts are Rena Bak and Simos…
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Here are a few of our discoveries while exploring Athens. To see some of the projects in documenta 14, we made our way to Kotzia Square to…
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Marcus Gammel, with Deutschlandradio Kultur, talks about Every Time A Ear Di Soun, an exciting radio program he co-curated with Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung for the documenta 14…