The Battleground of Art: Radical Curating in the Crisis of Neoliberalism

A radical manifesto advocating art's autonomy in the fight against neoliberal capture

Activist and curator Marco Baravalle shows how artists across the Global South and North are building alter-institutions - autonomous, collective infrastructures that challenge both state and market control. Drawing on operaismo, decolonial theory, and two decades of radical curating, Baravalle outlines an artistic practice grounded in cooperation, solidarity, and resistance.

Author: Marco Baravalle
Publisher: Verso
Published: 08/18/2026
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781836742746
ISBN10: 1836742746
BISAC Categories:
- Art | Popular Culture
- Art | Art & Politics
- Political Science | Political Ideologies | Radicalism

About the Author
Marco Baravalle is a Venice-based researcher, curator, and activist. A co-founder of the Institute of Radical Imagination and Sale Docks, he works at the intersection of art, politics, and social movements. His research focuses on neoliberalism, colonialism, and the relationship between art and ecology, exploring how cultural institutions can be reimagined through collective and anticapitalist practices. He is the co-editor of Art for Radical Ecologies (Manifesto) (2024) and has long been involved in international networks of radical curating and art activism.