Li Zhenhua

The year 2019 was one of revolutions, with a growing number of conflicts that cannot be easily resolved. Violence is escalating and ongoing, from the Yellow Vests protests in France to those on the streets of Hong Kong. The global economy is slowing and international communication has stalled over the last few years. If things do not move forward, surely they will regress.

Art and its relationship to the public became an important topic in 2019, even while it became detached from ideas of institutional critique and the state of new media. As art can help nuture urban growth, more countries and cities