Explore the dynamic field of visual culture with the essential third edition of Nicholas Mirzoeff’s seminal work. This updated text redefines visual culture as visual activism, emphasizing its role as an active practice of doing, making, and seeing. Delve into twelve new chapters covering foundational concepts like Indigenous ways of seeing and visual activism post-slavery, alongside contemporary tactics such as monument removal and cultural property restitution. Discover case studies on topics from oil painting to Kongo power figures and the significance of taking a knee. Addressing critical themes of racialization, colonialism, undoing gender, catastrophe, and trauma, this edition is a vital resource for understanding the activist turn in visual culture studies and its future directions. Perfect for students and researchers in the field.