Cathy's Art Diary

Strange exhibition at the Design Museum looking at how graphics and online media have been used in politics and dissent in the last decade since the financial crash. I say strange because quite a few of the exhibits were missing and were replaced by a notice saying they had been removed at the request of the artist. It had come to light that the museum had hosted an event for an arms company and the work was removed in protest at this. It felt appropriate somehow but left the show a bit thin. The show was split into three themes, power, protest and personality and looked at how, in the social media age, anyone can make and distribute online content and memes. I loved a video of how Greenpeace had rebranded the Leave campaign’s infamous NHS bus outside the Houses of Parliament with the slogan “Truth #ComeClean”. I also liked a data graphic from Destination Pride which used the rainbow flag as a bar chart on equality in various countries. The section on protest was fascinati...