--- title: "CultureFlash: How Identity Politics Changed the Arts (5/6/2016)" description: "CultureFlash: How Identity Politics Changed the Arts (5/6/2016)" image: https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/1*wRIGX6XA0DNYy52zpuZ-gg.png --- - [Visit our Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/Fractured.Atlas) - [Check out our latest tweets](https://twitter.com/fracturedatlas) - [Join us on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/fractured-atlas/) - [Check out our Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/fractured.atlas/) - [Check out our Tumblr](https://fracturedatlas.tumblr.com/) - [Blog](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/) - [Donate](https://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/contribute/donate) - [Sign In](https://identity.fracturedatlas.org/login?origin=www&redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fracturedatlas.org/site/home) [Fractured Atlas](https://www.fracturedatlas.org/) - [What We Do](https://www.fracturedatlas.org/what-we-do) - [Who We Are](https://www.fracturedatlas.org/who-we-are) - [Our Projects](https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/) - [Get In Touch](https://www.fracturedatlas.org/get-in-touch) [Become A Member](https://www.fracturedatlas.org/become-a-member) - [What We Do](https://www.fracturedatlas.org/what-we-do) - [Who We Are](https://www.fracturedatlas.org/who-we-are) - [Our Projects](https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/) - [Get In Touch](https://www.fracturedatlas.org/get-in-touch) [Become A Member](https://www.fracturedatlas.org/become-a-member) - [Blog](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/) - [Donate](https://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/contribute/donate) - [Sign In](https://identity.fracturedatlas.org/login?origin=www&redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fracturedatlas.org/site/home) ## Inciter Art ### a writing, co-learning, and resource sharing space for an arts ecosystem with big ideas and bigger questions. [«  View All Posts](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org) ![CultureFlash: How Identity Politics Changed the Arts (5/6/2016)](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/1*wRIGX6XA0DNYy52zpuZ-gg.png) ![Blog Feature](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/298890/blog-files/blog--cards-feature.png) [Subscribe](http://eepurl.com/be_Uej) ![Fractured Atlas](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/hubfs/Updated%20Logos/Logo%20copy%20for%20Landing%20Page.png "Fractured Atlas") Post by Fractured Atlas By [Fractured Atlas](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/author/fractured-atlas) on May 6th, 2016 Print/Save as PDF # CultureFlash: How Identity Politics Changed the Arts (5/6/2016) [Updates and Announcements](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/updates-and-announcements) | [Arts](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/arts) | [Cultureflash](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/cultureflash) - Share: - - - - [mailto:?body=https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/cultureflash-how-identity-politics-changed-the-arts-5-6-2016-16c4b04eef71](mailto:?body=https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/cultureflash-how-identity-politics-changed-the-arts-5-6-2016-16c4b04eef71) ![](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/1*wRIGX6XA0DNYy52zpuZ-gg.png) source: [Wikimedia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Diversity_and_Unity.jpg) #### Arts, Technology, and Business Stories to Watch by [Fractured Atlas](http://www.fracturedatlas.org) Every week, we find the most interesting and important stories at the intersection of the Arts, technology, and business and share them with you. 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But taken together, it does constitute a real aesthetic movement, one that is biographical, autobiographical, personal — the art of the first person.”* ![](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/1*tducfw1yaRBnDIUjmC2QaA.png) #### **OPINION: Art Museums Should Be Allowed to**[Participate in Both Sides of the Free Market](http://fracturedatlas.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0454e774224b3cc25494dab27&id=afc8563222&e=6f11d79a25)**.** > *But what if rules about deaccessioning were abandoned? What would happen? 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