About

Jonas
Staal

artist and BAK Project Fellow, Rotterdam

Jonas Staal is an artist and the founder of the artistic and political organization New World Summit (2012–ongoing), the New World Academy (co-founded with BAK, 2013–2016), and the New Unions campaign (2016–ongoing). Staal’s interdisciplinary work focuses on the relationship between art, democracy, and propaganda. He is currently completing research on contemporary propaganda art at the PhD Arts program of Leiden University, Leiden.

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