Korean social movements are repurposing the tradition of minjung-gayo (people’s music) by creatively incorporating K-pop and messages about women’s struggles today.
When the Revolution Comes, Our Songs Will Be Sung
Woodcuts Against Fascism from Shanghai to Mexico City
Eighty years after the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War, we remember how artists from China to Mexico have used art as a practice of solidarity and a tool for revolutionary social transformation.
Robert S. Duncanson: Only Paint on His Mind
Duncanson’s skill established him not only in this county, but in England and throughout Europe as America’s first internationally renowned African American artist.
The Great Unknown and the Unknown Great: Rediscovering artist and political activist Chuzo Tamotsu
His art was “One small way to express my love for peace and hatred for war … is to do what I can for any victims of aggression, wherever they may be.”
John Heartfield, photomontage as a political weapon
“He inscribed the slogan ‘use photography as a weapon,’ which underlines his faith in the impact of this new medium and its ability to denounce the perversities of the modern world: fascism, war and its atrocities, Nazism or capitalism.”
A Short Anti-Fascist Playlist
“To them, popular culture mattered, it was vibrant, and it was politically up for grabs.”
The Enduring Power of Minnie Evans
“By making and sharing such an extraordinary body of work, Evans determined that her world would not be lost.”
Luna
Beautiful essay and paintings from Robert Beck.
Miep Gies: What Any Decent Person Would Have Done
“I am not a hero. I am not a special person, because no one should ever think you have to be special to help others. I did what any decent person would have done.”
The Curious Life of James Castle
Working with soot, spit, and found objects, James Castle produced beautiful art.
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