The Vera List Center for Art and Politics is a research center and a public forum for art, culture, and politics. A pioneer in the field, the center is a nonprofit that serves a critical mission: to foster a vibrant and diverse community of artists, scholars, and policymakers who take creative, intellectual, and political risks to bring about positive change. Through public programs and classes, prizes and fellowships, publications and exhibitions that probe some of the pressing issues of our time, Vera List Center curates and supports new roles for the arts and artists in advancing social justice.
The Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School
- Location
- New York, NY
- Grant Cycle
- Spring 2020
- Amount
- $100,000
- Type of Grant
- Multi-year Program Support
- Website
- veralistcenter.org ↗
1986
Warhol painted more than 100 works related to Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper, which some have read as complex reckoning of his homosexuality, Catholicism, and mortality in response to witnessing AIDS devastate the gay community.