How to Start a Dissident Art Movement | Alexander Adams – The Sceptic Ep.54

In Episode 54 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to Alexander Adams, artist and writer and the author of the pamphlet, Abolish the Arts Council and his new book, How to Start a Dissident Art Movement. They discuss the woke tyranny of the contemporary art establishment, why modern art is so off-putting, the meaning of Right-wing art and his new exhibition – Power and Intimacy, running until this Sunday in Central London – and what he and his colleagues are trying to achieve with it.

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Visit their exhibition at 11 Caledonian Road, N1 9DX, London, a 3-minute walk from King’s Cross Station.

Visit their website here: https://www.cudo.gallery/

Read Ferro’s article about it on the Daily Sceptic here: https://dailysceptic.org/2025/10/08/the-fightback-against-politicised-art-has-begun/

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Produced by Richard Eldred.
Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.

00:00 Intro
00:51 The woke tyranny of the art establishment
04:05 Alex's art background
07:17 Why modern art is so crud
10:59 How the 'Vitalists' formed
13:33 Power & Intimacy exhibition
17:38 Right-wing art
30:38 'Tackle' by Fen de Villiers
41:24 Keeping skills alive