This year, Artexte , a library, research center, and exhibition space for contemporary art in Montreal has partnered with Art + Feminism to improve the coverage of the ethics of care in contemporary art on Wikimedia projects. The ethics of care emphasize reciprocity, interdependency, collective maintenance, and mutual support in art practices. This approach also provides an alternative perspective in contemporary art (and other sectors of society), where individual authorship and novelty are prioritized over maintenance work, such as preservation or repair.

Artists such as Mierle Laderman Ukeles have revindicated preservation, repetition, and repair as artistic practices. However, these practices often involve invisible labor that goes unseen or is undervalued, which is why focusing on care practices at the Wikiclub helps to highlight their importance in contemporary art.…