Under the doctrinaire rules of Soviet social realism, a painter with a hankering for nudes had to hie himself to the nearest gym, coyly disguise his subject as a bather or a physical-culture ...

Recording stops and starts, is made in an echoing space, and has hum, buzz, sudden noises and muffled speech. Side 01 and Side 02 recording until 00:07:36 is the second part of Gene Swenson's "Social ...

Ben Shahn, “Bartolomeo Vanzetti and Nicola Sacco," detail, from The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti series detail (1931–32), gouache on paper on board (all photos Isabella Segalovich/Hyperallergic) What ...

Expressing the life and cause of the masses : ideologies and institutions -- Articulating history to the radical present : murals -- Chronicling the contemporary crisis : graphic art -- Forging a ...