Communism

"The Potato Eaters" CREDIT: Van Gogh Museum, Netherlands
Reframed: Famine Depicted Throughout Art History
Easily the most famous depiction of famine in art history is Vincent van Gogh’s 1885 oil painting, The Potato Eaters. At the time of its creation, the phrase "potato eater" was considered pejorative…
Soviet poster dedicated to the 5th anniversary of the October Revolution and IV Congress of the Communist International.
The Museum of Socialist Art: Bulgaria’s De-facto Museum of Communist History
Could the Exhibition of Socialist Monuments Offer Guidelines for Americans to Recontextualize Confederate Statues?
Installation View of Trace at L.A.’s Skirball Cultural Center. JORDAN RIEFE. featuring the artist's self-portrait
An Interview with Ai Weiwei on Jail Time, Activism, & “Trace”
"Going back to China, I had to ask myself what’s the worst that can happen? I end up in jail,” Ai tells Art & Object about his decision to return to the country, despite being persona non grata…
A painter naps at a craft art store specializing in ideological portraits, Chengdu, Sichuan province, 1980.
Life in a Sea of Red: 40 Years Photographing Communism
A Life in a Sea of Red presents six different political and social eras in Communist China and the Soviet Union.