And while it's not exactly the job of such museums to be vigilantly topical, the New York artist Jonathan Horowitz thinks that contemporary art should be more engaged with the issues being raised by the election.
Lydia and Bill crash this scene when a collector of contemporary Chinese art hires them to investigate rumors of new paintings — executed in the classical manner but encoded with topical political messages — by an artist revered as "Ghost Hero Chau" because he was killed in the 1989 uprising in Tiananmen Square.
Some younger artists are tackling topical content in direct ways too.
The manifesto even inspired a song by German-Turkish rapper Volkan T. As German people take to the streets to protest a variety of issues, so more and more artists are tackling topical concerns.
Clare Balding hosts the topical faith show and speaks to artist, Maggi Hambling about her latest exhibition, War Requiem & Aftermath.
He kept topical files on subjects ranging from artists, his friends and associates, travel destinations, and collectibles.
They reflect the artist's abiding interest in topical issues, from space flight to the environment, disarmament and international cultural exchange.
"Her performance was topical, spot on and very, very brave," artist Mark Bradford said.
Jeffrey Uslip, a curator at LAXart in Los Angeles, put together this obliquely topical group exhibition, which includes several young artists based on the West Coast.
So I think yes, it's in good hands and there are wonderful young artists writing about interesting and topical and certainly heartfelt new music about life and politics.
