Newsletter - February 2026

"On This Spot is an extremely powerful cultural and historical achievement. The vividness and depth of each of these fascinating portraits – of individual artists, of artist groups and of places and spaces and relationships – is an invaluable contribution to a more reality-based understanding of post-war contemporary art history."

– Adrian Piper

Video Spotlight

Adrian Piper is a pioneering conceptual and performance artist who has long challenged perceptions of race, gender, and identity. From her early Barbie Doll Drawings to the street performance Mythic Being, she used wit and confrontation to spark political self-awareness. A trained dancer and philosopher, Piper blurred the line between life and art.

Still from Adrian Piper, It’s Just Art, 1980. Documentation photo credit: Ralph Neri. © Adrian Piper Research Archive Foundation.

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Events and exhibitions related to Spot artists

Portrait of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Photo by James Cha

Courtesy of the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum Pacific Film Archive

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