Landmark exhibition ‘Crip Arte Spazio’ extended until 22 June 2025
Great news: the landmark exhibition ‘Crip Arte Spazio: The Disability Arts Movement in Venice’ has been extended until 22 June 2025 at Attenborough Arts Centre. Make sure you don’t miss out on this incredible exhibition this summer.
Presented by Shape Arts and previously on presentation at the world-renowned Venice Biennale 2024, the exhibition is a joyous and exuberant celebration of the Disability Arts Movement, showcasing its dynamism, wit, and grandeur.
The exhibition reclaims historical slurs ‘Crip Arte Spazio’ in an unflinching explosion of huge protest banners, cartoon panels, large-scale projected artist films, photography, graphic novels, and campaign merchandise featuring artists Keith Armstrong (supported by the National Disability Movement Archive and Collection), Terence Birch, Tony Heaton OBE, Jameisha Prescod, Abi Palmer, Ker Wallwork, Tanya Raabe-Webber and Jason Wilsher-Mills.
The title Crip Arte Spazio, translated as Crip Art Space, plays on Italian words while reclaiming slurs disabled people have historically and continue to face. We fully support the curators, artists and disabled people in the reclamation of these words. Attenborough Arts Centre is proud to be the first UK touring venue for this historically important show.
The project is supported by Arts Council England, British Council, The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Creative Scotland and CREA, Venice.
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