Militant Art

Activist artists choose to engage with and start a conversation on a variety of topics, from the environment and politics to race, gender and sexuality. A huge element of what makes contemporary art so important is engaging with current world issues; art is an invaluable tool in providing innovative insight and fresh perspectives where words can fail.

The incredible beauty of the natural world is something that artists have represented for centuries. So when it comes under threat by humanity, it's not surprising that ecologically engaged artists such as Jérémy Gobé, Angeles Peña and Franck Seguin use their art to promote its protection.

Gender and sexuality also plays a significant role in artistic activism. Belgian photographer Charlotte Abramow's stunning shots explore gender identity, feminism and female sexuality. Meanwhile, American non-binary artist Ryan Wilks' drawings confront the difficult relationship between sexual orientation and religion.

The world of politics is also ever present in contemporary art, with political artists exploring humanitarian issues and our societal values. World famous street artists Banksy and Shepard Fairey both explore a range of political subjects, from war crime to the disadvantages of consumerism.

Expand your horizons and discover Artsper's curated selection of activist artists!

Bill T. Jones

Robert Mapplethorpe

Photography . 50.2 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography . 19.75 x 15.75 x 0.1 inch

€40,385

Fighting Donald

Daru

Sculpture . 41 x 41 x 5 cm Sculpture . 16.1 x 16.1 x 2 inch

€879

Butterfly - Spin Painting

Damien Hirst

Painting . 48 x 65 cm Painting . 18.9 x 25.6 inch

€9,500

Reversed Double Helix Mega Power

Takashi Murakami

Print . 72 x 72 x 0.01 cm Print . 28.3 x 28.3 x 0 inch

€2,200

End Of Empire, Amphora

Cleon Peterson

Print . 61 x 46 x 0.1 cm Print . 24 x 18.1 x 0 inch

€600

Jesus Gold 18 carat-Christ San Juan de la Cruz

Salvador Dali

Sculpture . 11 x 4 x 4 cm Sculpture . 4.3 x 1.6 x 1.6 inch

€25,000

Une religion politique

Hélène Deghilage

Painting . 182 x 318 x 5 cm Painting . 71.7 x 125.2 x 2 inch

€14,000

JR 28 Millimètres: Women Are Heroes. Action In Kibera Slum, "Into The Wild", Kenya (2009)

JR

Design . 20 x 80 x 1 cm Design . 7.9 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

€595

I'm still beautiful in my mind

Tracey Emin

Print . 80 x 68 x 0.01 cm Print . 31.5 x 26.8 x 0 inch

€5,000

Duck Vador

Daru

Painting . 63 x 75 x 3 cm Painting . 24.8 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,800

Flowers

Takashi Murakami

Print . 49 x 42 x 1 cm Print . 19.3 x 16.5 x 0.4 inch

€4,500

Takashi Murakami × ComplexCon Mr.DOB Figure by Bait × Switch Collectibles (Gold Edition)

Takashi Murakami

Sculpture . 27.4 x 23.5 x 23.5 cm Sculpture . 10.8 x 9.3 x 9.3 inch

€5,000

Fruitful (Small)

Damien Hirst

Print . 39 x 39 x 3 cm Print . 15.4 x 15.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

Untitled, from Three Lithographs

Keith Haring

Print . 99.8 x 80.8 x 0.3 cm Print . 39.3 x 31.8 x 0.1 inch

€215,388

Deeply connected

Poovi Art

Sculpture . 81.3 x 41.9 x 2.5 cm Sculpture . 32 x 16.5 x 1 inch

€879

Entrelazar 202

Javier Rey

Photography . 50 x 39 x 0.3 cm Photography . 19.7 x 15.4 x 0.1 inch

€808

Bomb Hugger

Banksy

Print . 70 x 50 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.7 inch

€72,273

Le Legacy, from Historia de Don Quixote de la Mancha

Salvador Dali

Print . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Print . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€3,980

Tu vas me froisser la gabardine

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 92 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,300

Jellyfish Eyes - Black 5

Takashi Murakami

Print . 50 x 50 x 0.05 cm Print . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€2,800

Work in progress

Daru

Painting . 68 x 83 x 3 cm Painting . 26.8 x 32.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,900

Ojulari 1

Emmanuel Ojebola

Painting . 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 1 inch

€1,795

Monkey Parliament

Mason Storm

Print . 21 x 29.2 cm Print . 8.3 x 11.5 inch

€330

Time Bokan-Pink

Takashi Murakami

Print . 50 x 50 cm Print . 19.7 x 19.7 inch

€1,800

H12-1 (X-Large) Beautiful, Moonlight-Covered Vapor Painting

Damien Hirst

Print . 100 x 100 x 3 cm Print . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€18,068

Flower #10342; Pilot Goggles

Takashi Murakami

Painting . 60 x 60 x 5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 2 inch

€201,926

28 Millimètres, Women Are Heroes, Action dans la Favela Morro Providencia, Escalier, close-up, Rio de Janeiro, Brésil, 2008

JR

Print . 100 x 70 x 1 cm Print . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,200

Balloon Dog (Blue)

Jeff Koons

Sculpture . 40 x 48 x 15.8 cm Sculpture . 15.7 x 18.9 x 6.2 inch

€38,000

Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Planche XIV

Salvador Dali

Print . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Print . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€1,800

The Wedding

Tracey Emin

Sculpture . 11.4 x 10.2 x 5 cm Sculpture . 4.5 x 4 x 2 inch

€15,057

Saturn- Spin Painting

Damien Hirst

Painting . 37 x 87 cm Painting . 14.6 x 34.3 inch

€2,900

Le Corbeau et le Renard

Salvador Dali

Print . 76 x 57 x 0.05 cm Print . 29.9 x 22.4 x 0 inch

€2,000

Coupe Plate (Set of 3)

Jeff Koons

Design . 31 x 93 x 10 cm Design . 12.2 x 36.6 x 3.9 inch

€1,800

Où est mon chapeau

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 30 x 30 x 4 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch

€550

Kaikai & Kiki with Flower

Takashi Murakami

Fine Art Drawings . 24 x 28 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.4 x 11 inch

€6,500

Nobility of Time

Salvador Dali

Sculpture . 60 x 38 x 29 cm Sculpture . 23.6 x 15 x 11.4 inch

€36,800

Jellyfish eyes-white

Takashi Murakami

Print . 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€2,300

Untitled (1)

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Print . 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€625

Au milieu des fleurs

Patricia Simsa

Painting . 89 x 116 x 5 cm Painting . 35 x 45.7 x 2 inch

€3,500

Eléphant de Triomphe

Salvador Dali

Sculpture . 53 x 25 x 14.5 cm Sculpture . 20.9 x 9.8 x 5.7 inch

€35,600

La arquitectura

Salvador Dali

Design . 25 x 25 x 1 cm Design . 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch

€290

Peace Menorah

Salvador Dali

Sculpture . 50.8 x 50.8 x 1 cm Sculpture . 20 x 20 x 0.4 inch

€25,000

Danza de las Naranjas from the series Dance of the Oranges

Ricky Cohete

Photography . 61 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography . 24 x 36 x 0.1 inch

€3,590

Henry V, from Much Ado about Shakespeare

Salvador Dali

Print . 17.1 x 12.7 cm Print . 6.75 x 5 inch

€2,692

Flordali - Les Fruits : Fruits troués

Salvador Dali

Print . 56.5 x 37 cm Print . 22.2 x 14.6 inch

€4,500

We Are Venom

Daru

Painting . 41 x 31 x 1 cm Painting . 16.1 x 12.2 x 0.4 inch

€1,077

Equals Pi YP x JM Basquiat

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Design . 52 x 52 x 2 cm Design . 20.5 x 20.5 x 0.8 inch

€525

Chaos (framed hand signed lithograph) (1)

Takashi Murakami

Print . 50.2 x 50.2 x 0.3 cm Print . 19.75 x 19.75 x 0.1 inch

€2,659

Me and Double-Dob

Takashi Murakami

Print . 72 x 72 cm Print . 28.3 x 28.3 inch

€4,000

Time Doesn't rewind

Poovi Art

Design . 71.1 x 88.9 x 2.5 cm Design . 28 x 35 x 1 inch

€853

Apocalypse 9

Keith Haring

Print . 96.5 x 96.6 x 1.27 cm Print . 38 x 38 x 0.5 inch

€25,129

Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel

Salvador Dali

Print . 85.09 x 81.28 x 2 cm Print . 33.5 x 32 x 0.8 inch

€4,487

Trompe l'oeil, Les Falaises du Trocadéro, 18 mai 2021, 19h58, Paris, France, 2021

JR

Print . 64 x 96 x 0.3 cm Print . 25.2 x 37.8 x 0.1 inch

€2,900

Ensõ: Earthly Desires

Takashi Murakami

Print . 68 x 68 x 1 cm Print . 26.8 x 26.8 x 0.4 inch

€2,750

Poproke forest

Takashi Murakami

Print . 87 x 68 x 1 cm Print . 34.3 x 26.8 x 0.4 inch

€5,900

Judgement (rare hand signed aquatint etching on Japon paper)

Salvador Dali

Print . 75.9 x 56.2 x 0.3 cm Print . 29.875 x 22.125 x 0.1 inch

€3,332 €2,999

Gun spin painting

Damien Hirst

Painting . 56 x 76 x 1 cm Painting . 22 x 29.9 x 0.4 inch

€3,500

Skulls

Takashi Murakami

Print . 78 x 62 x 1 cm Print . 30.7 x 24.4 x 0.4 inch

€2,900

Balloon swan (magenta)(2)

Jeff Koons

Sculpture . 24.9 x 20.9 x 39.2 cm Sculpture . 9.8 x 8.2 x 15.4 inch

€15,000

Sans issue

Hélène Deghilage

Painting . 70 x 92 x 4 cm Painting . 27.6 x 36.2 x 1.6 inch

€3,000

I know Not. I know

Takashi Murakami

Print . 76 x 59 x 0.1 cm Print . 29.9 x 23.2 x 0 inch

€2,500

The currency : assiette en porcelaine fine de Chine

Damien Hirst

Design . 25 x 25 x 1.5 cm Design . 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.6 inch

€500

Silkscreened beach towel

Tracey Emin

Design . 106.7 x 175.3 x 0.5 cm Design . 42 x 69 x 0.2 inch

€1,346

Livres on the roof

JR

Print . 70 x 100 cm Print . 27.6 x 39.4 inch

€1,900

Peace -- War

Cleon Peterson

Print . 40.6 x 30.5 cm Print . 16 x 12 inch

€370

Balloon Venus

Jeff Koons

Design . 80 x 40 x 2 cm Design . 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,950

And then and then and then and then and then (Red)

Takashi Murakami

Print . 68 x 68 x 0.1 cm Print . 26.8 x 26.8 x 0 inch

€1,860

Heaven's Gate

Takashi Murakami

Print . 75 x 75 cm Print . 29.5 x 29.5 inch

€5,963

DOB-kun (Fuchsia)

Takashi Murakami

Design . 23 x 18 x 10 cm Design . 9.1 x 7.1 x 3.9 inch

€1,900

Five cakes and two fish

Zhao De-Wei

Painting . 150 x 240 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 94.5 x 1.6 inch

€32,800

Chimère 59

Gérard Fromanger

Painting . 22 x 14 x 3 cm Painting . 8.7 x 5.5 x 1.2 inch

€19,900

Saint-Georges

Salvador Dali

Print . 24.7 x 20 x 1 cm Print . 9.7 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€1,000

Eden

Poovi Art

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 2 inch

€1,203

THE BALLERINA IN CONTAINERS, HOLDING TIGHT, LE HAVRE, 2021

JR

Print . 70 x 100 cm Print . 27.6 x 39.4 inch

€3,500

Elefante-cicogna (Elephant-stork) - Coloured lithograph on Arches paper

Salvador Dali

Print . 65 x 48 cm Print . 25.6 x 18.9 inch

€2,500

Running Around

Cleon Peterson

Print . 91 x 91 x 1 cm Print . 35.8 x 35.8 x 0.4 inch

€890

Entrelazar 5

Javier Rey

Sculpture . 32 x 32 x 8 cm Sculpture . 12.6 x 12.6 x 3.1 inch

€897

Le roi surréaliste

Salvador Dali

Print . 75 x 53 x 0.05 cm Print . 29.5 x 20.9 x 0 inch

€2,400

Bunny Lover

Daru

Painting . 110 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,850

Thank You For The Wonderful Destiny

Takashi Murakami

Print . 33 x 33 x 0.05 cm Print . 13 x 13 x 0 inch

€1,500

NGC2371-2

Takashi Murakami

Print . 87 x 68 cm Print . 34.3 x 26.8 inch

€2,200

The creative mind

Takashi Murakami

Print . 68 x 68 cm Print . 26.8 x 26.8 inch

€3,800

The Brothers Grim

Mason Storm

Print . 56.6 x 80 x 0.2 cm Print . 22.3 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

€1,250

Radiant Heart YP x Keith Haring

Keith Haring

Design . 70 x 70 x 4 cm Design . 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,199

Weather Woman

Salvador Dali

Print . 100 x 70 x 2 cm Print . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€4,800

Scales of injustice by Shepard Fairey x Cleon Peterson

Cleon Peterson

Print . 26 x 36 x 0.1 cm Print . 10.2 x 14.2 x 0 inch

€600

Untitled Head (Skull 2)

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Design . 80.5 x 61.5 x 1.2 cm Design . 31.7 x 24.2 x 0.5 inch

€550

La Lettre from Vermeer

Salvador Dali

Print . 89 x 63 x 1 cm Print . 35 x 24.8 x 0.4 inch

€1,200

Pastorale, from Historia de Don Quixote de la Mancha

Salvador Dali

Print . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Print . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€3,980

Portrait de Marguerite

Salvador Dali

Print . 38 x 28.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 15 x 11.2 x 0 inch

€2,400

Le Veau d’or

Salvador Dali

Design . 25.5 x 25.5 x 1 cm Design . 10 x 10 x 0.4 inch

€450

La musica

Salvador Dali

Design . 25 x 25 x 1 cm Design . 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch

€290

True Love Always Wins

Tracey Emin

Print . 76 x 60 x 0.01 cm Print . 29.9 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€7,000

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