# Andres Serrano

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151: Should Activist Artists & Cultural Organizers be Running for Office - Tom Tresser Says, "ABSOLUTELY!"

What if the solution to our democracy’s crisis isn’t another white paper or study—but an artist running for office? In this episode, civic organizer and “public defender” Tom Tresser reveals why he feels America’s nonprofit and creative sectors are missing in action when it comes to power, policy,…

Art and Obscenity

What do Marcel Duchamp, Damien Hirst, and Andres Serrano have in common? They’ve all created modern works of art that have shocked and outraged the general public, causing many to question whether these works have any artistic value at all. But isn’t it the purpose of art to incite inquiry and ques…

Silent But Serious: What You Need to Know About Kidney Health

March is National Kidney Month — and kidney disease affects 37 million Americans, often without symptoms.On this episode of Sinai Health & Hope, Dr. Andres Serrano of Sinai Chicago explains why chronic kidney disease is called a “silent” disease, how diabetes and high blood pressure put you at ris…

Art, Outrage and How the Culture Wars Began

In April 1989, a newspaper clipping about an art exhibit landed in the mailbox of the Rev. Donald Wildmon, the founder of a conservative evangelical group, the American Family Association. Partly funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, the exhibit included a now-infamous photograph by Andre…

Isaac Butler — The Perfect Moment: God, Sex, Art, and the Birth of America's Culture Wars -with Dan Kois

The prize-winning author of The Method reveals the forgotten origins of America's culture wars-a story of late 20th century art vs. censorship, brimming with intense drama and fierce moral urgency.It's 1988, the final year of the Reagan presidency, and the curtain is closing on the Cold War. In the…

Isaac Butler: "Part Of Living In A Society Means Giving Over A Certain Amount Of Agency"

Today on The Gist, we explore the media framing of the Supreme Court's birthright citizenship decision. Then, author and cultural critic Isaac Butler joins the show to discuss his new book, The Perfect Moment: God, Sex, Art, and the Birth of America's Culture Wars. Butler tracks our modern societal…

Two Nonprofit Salaries, One Extraordinary Collection - with Stephen Mills & Brent Hasty

Today, we are pulling back the curtain on what it actually means to live with, fund, and deeply connect with contemporary art, completely stripping away the usual intimidation and gallery gatekeeping. My guests today are Stephen Mills and Brent Hasty. Stephen is the visionary artistic director and …

Strange Country Ep. 318: Piss Christ

Beth and Kelly are hoping the title alone will launch Strange Country into a culture war or at least get you to listen. In today's episode, Beth and Kelly are joined by in-house artist expert Terry to talk about an early culture war focused on government funding of the arts. In 1989, Andres Serrano…

Homelessness; Geoffrey Robertson's autobiography

For over 25 years artist and photographer Andres Serrano has been documenting homeless people on the streets of New York and elsewhere.

199: The Censor Upstream: -Who Decides What Art Gets Shared?

WHO DECIDES? There are many ways to censor an artist. You can ban the book, close the exhibition, cancel the performance. We know what those look like. But there's another way: you can make the artist wonder. Wonder whether a character will cost the theater a grant. Whether a festival celebrating q…