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Saying No for Change: Dawn Chan On Grounding Herself in a Jet-Setting World
['Dan Duray', 'Dan Duray Is A Writer In Brooklyn Whose Work Has Appeared In The Guardian', 'Vanity Fair', 'Bookforum', 'The Baffler', 'The Economist', 'W Magazine', 'Town', 'Country', 'Among Other Publications.']
Observer
Many in the international art world adore its jet-setting ways, but recently, the writer and academic Dawn Chan showcased a research project that tackles this aspect of the lifestyle head-on by asking: What happens when an art critic refuses to fly for art events and press trips?
(She met an artist named Dawn Chan, based in Europe, who is willing to collaborate.)
Which is okay—even putting them out there in the world makes them a tiny bit more normal or conceivable.
When I opt out of something, I’m trying very consciously to recommend younger and more emerging local critics who might have more use for that opportunity, too.
Are there other small actions you think that other denizens of the art world could undertake to shift our Overton Window regarding matters like climate change and other salient issues?
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