Artists Fighting Fake News

Critical Engagements posts in recent weeks have mentioned the misinformation (and outright hoodwinking) that is part and parcel of the COVID-19 pandemic. There are countless people fighting this “infodemic” from medical professionals to policy makers and from journalists to a frozen meat company. Now, we can add artists to the list of professions entering the fight against fake news.

As artnet News reports, three nonprofits are paying freelance artists in a variety of media to design art that can “improve public communication and news delivery surrounding COVID-19.” Read more about the Artists Against the #Infodemic initiative on artnet News.