Debtfair

Debtfair (a project of Occupy Museums) is a means of exposing the hidden layer of debt within the art market and its institutions, making visible the relationship between art practice and American financial reality. In 2017, Debtfair was exhibited at the Whintey Museum as part of the Whitney Biennial, curated by Chris Lew and Mia Locks, and at El Museo del Barrio. 

Installation Occupy Museums Debtfair, 2017 ( 2017 Whitney Biennial, March 17—June 11, 2017). Thirty artworks and interactive website. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Courtesy of the artists. Photograph Tal Beery

Installation view, Debtfair. Art League Houston, Houston, TX., November 20, 2015 - January 10, 2016.
Occupy Museums (Tal Beery, Imani Jacqueline Brown, Noah Fischer, Kenneth Pietrobono, Arthur Polendo)

​Click here to read the Debtfair Manifesto

Selected press

The New York Times
The New Yorker
​The Guardian
​The Village Voice

related projects:

Debtfair Houston at Art League Houston (2015)
Debtfair Proposals at Momenta Art (2014)
Debtfair Artst Meet Up at Abrons Art Center (2013)
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