makes a strong argument for Artists that work for Universities to promote their works sponsorship, and stop flooding the market with their subsidised but not indicated, not independent, work. In her book Social Practices, Kraus revisits Wells' work and praises it as forcing "uncomfortable questions about control and desire, transparency, shame, privilege, freedom, and leisure.” In a review of that work, Brooklyn Rail highlights the central role of Wells' practice, describing it as illustrating "how bound activism and art have become, doing what traditional activists' tactics alone could not." Personal life He lives in Dunedin, New Zealand, after a period based in Nelson. References External links The Work of Art: Giovanni Tiso on Tao Wells' The Beneficiary's Office. Essay Happy Bene. Doco of the Beneficiary's Office by Dick Whyte. Video Chris Kraus and Tao Wells In Conversation. Video of talk at a symposium at Massey University School of Fine Arts, Wellington Office Gossip Bastard Venting: An interview with Tao Wells. New Zealand artist Dan Arps interviews Wells. Natural Selection, Issue 3 Proper-Gander*TM. Wells' blog Living people American artists New Zealand artists University of Canterbury alumni Massey University alumni Year of birth missing (living people) People from Wellington City