{{short description |Building commandeered by artists}} {{refimprove|date=February 2018}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2017}} An '''art squat''' is a name used to describe the action of artists to occupy (or squat in) an abandoned building, thereby creating studio space to create art. Art squats often have a semi-legal or illegal status.
Tacheles, in Berlin, Germany, was one of many buildings occupied by artists in the years after World War II<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/arts/writings-on-the-wall-for-art-squat/2009/01/26/1232818332460.html?page=fullpage "Writing's on the wall for art squat"], ''Sydney Morning Herald'', January 27, 2009. Retrieved 2013-06-02.</ref> and continued to operate as a studio space and gallery until 2012, when the authorities closed it for redevelopment.<ref>Jonathan Jones, [https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2012/sep/05/closure-tacheles-berlin-sad-alternative-art "The closure of Berlin's Tacheles squat is a sad day for alternative art"], Jonathan Jones on Art (blog), ''The Guardian'', September 5, 2012. Retrieved 2013-06-02.</ref>
Paris, France, has experienced several decades of art squats, a result of high rents and a large Bohemian artist population.<ref name="Fills the Void">[http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/travel/31headsup.html?_r=1& "In Paris, Art Fills the Void"], ''The New York Times (travel)'', January 26, 2010. Retrieved 2013-06-02.</ref> Early examples include the Bateau-Lavoir (destroyed during the 1970s) and Hôpital Éphémère, occupied during the 1980s and 90s.<ref name="Fills the Void" /> In the 2000s the Paris city hall began an initiative to redevelop and legalise the city's art squats, beginning with a 6-storey squat at 59 rue de Rivoli which was renovated and reopened in 2009.<ref name="Fills the Void" />
Art Squat was also the name of an Artists Collective co-founded by Johnny Otto in Los Angeles in the early 1990s, which took over abandoned properties in the Fairfax District and converted them into Galleries. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artrevealmagazine.com/johnny-otto-ottophobia-conspiracy-propaganda-art/|title=JOHNNY OTTO / OTTOPHOBIA / Conspiracy + Propaganda = Art | Art Reveal|website=www.artrevealmagazine.com}}</ref>
In 2021 Art Squat Magazine was founded as an online source for interviews and articles about Artists from all over the world, including Dave_Navarro, Plastic_Jesus_(artist), Billy_Morrison, WRDSMTH, Blek_le_Rat, RISK_(graffiti_artist), Svetlana Talabolina and many others. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.art-squat.com/|title=Art Squat Magazine | Art Squat|website=www.art-squat.com}}</ref>
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