In the fourth part of an initial cluster of informal discussions between the instigators of ‘Decentralising Political Economies’, Alistair Hudson talks about the challenges facing our existing ideas about Art Institutions, Art and the historical legacy of use as we move toward a potentially ‘post-exhibitionary’ and operational landscape of post-Covid exchange.

Is it possible for useful art to actively inform and present alternative economic models of social and political change? And, if so, how does this affect our current understanding of art as an ‘experience’ to be had within the physical and ideological framework of the museum and gallery.