Ed Woodham Interviewed on Radical Public Art and Queer Resistance

Hyperallergic published an interview with Ed Woodham, the 69-year-old Atlanta-born artist, curator, and educator, conducted by Editor-in-Chief Hakim Bishara. Woodham, founder of Art in Odd Places, discusses his decades-long commitment to public art as a public good rather than a private commodity. He critiques the art world's focus on power and money, emphasizing that Pride for him is about resistance and refusal to be erased, not branding. The interview covers his youth in Atlanta, his art activism, and his identity as a queer elder. Art in Odd Places was originally co-founded as part of Atlanta's cultural programming for the 1996 Summer Olympics. The article also promotes a new book, The Dog's Gaze, tracing dogs in art history, and includes a news item about Misan Harriman stepping down as chair of London's Southbank Centre after scrutiny from right-wing tabloids over his response to an attack in Golders Green. Additionally, the newsletter features an art tarotscope for the summer solstice by AX Mina, a review of The Dog's Gaze by Alisyn Amant, a studio visit with Kathleen MacKenzie, a member comment praising a piece on William Kentridge's studio, and an archive piece on Let There Be Neon in Tribeca.