Over 200 artists, musicians, writers and curators have come together to form a coalition named Hands Off Our Revolution, which will put on contemporary art exhibitions to confront right-wing populism.
The group ? which includes leading figures such as Steve McQueen, Laurie Anderson, Ed Ruscha, Cornelia Parker, Wolfgang Tillmans and Anish Kapoor ? announced its existence yesterday with the launch of its website.
On the site, the collective outlines its belief that art can "help counter the rising rhetoric" of right-wing populism, as well as "increasingly stark expressions" of xenophobia, racism, sexism and homophobia.
To do this, they plan to put on a series of contemporary art exhibitions confronting the issues. According to the website, these exhibitions will feature "critically engaged" contemporary artists, and will take place in major art institutions as well as alternative public spaces.
Any proceeds would go to arts and activist causes, as well as the building of the coalition.

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"As artists, it is our job and our duty to reimagine and reinvent social relations threatened by right-wing populist rule," reads a statement on the website.
"It is our responsibility to stand together in solidarity. We will not go quietly. It is our role and our opportunity, using our own particular forms, priva...