art – People's World

Bertolt Brecht (and me)

February 13, 2023 By Victor Grossman

Regardless of his sometimes sharp but always constructive criticism, Brecht supported the GDR attempt to build a socialist state in Germany with all his heart.

Remembering Ralph Fasanella, UE organizer and painter of working-class life and struggle

January 4, 2023 By Jonathan Kissam

One of America’s greatest painters of working-class life and struggle passed away 25 years ago.

Guernica

April 26, 2022 By Jenny Farrell

There are a handful of pictures that may be said to be almost universally known. They include Leonardo’s Mona Lisa, Edvard Munch’s The Scream and Picasso’s Guernica.

For artist Alice Neel, people always came first

April 4, 2022 By Michael Berkowitz

Virtually ignored for much of her early career, Alice Neel’s life and work are beacons for socially conscious artists, especially women.

The Colescott Chronicles Part 2: Expanding Black representation, critiquing consumerism and colonialism

June 25, 2021 By Dennis Broe

[caption id="attachment_110481" align="alignright" width="430"] "George Washington Carver Crossing the Delaware." Seattle Art Museum[/caption] Robert Colescott’s satire of Americana George Washington Carver Crossing the Delaware has now become the centerpiece of L.A.’s new Lucas Museum of American...