political art
Titian and the crisis of Renaissance humanism
August 12, 2026His long career coincides with and sheds light on the early capitalist era. Titian's revolutionary technique emerged in response to the pressures of commerce, war, political reaction and plague.
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Pat Oliphant, prizewinning giant of political cartooning, dies at 90
July 22, 2026The latest from award-winning People's World cartoonist Greg Kearney.
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‘The Great Clown Bank Show’ theater review: A satirical takedown of the capitalist class
July 6, 2026Through the lens of a circus, it deliciously and maliciously pokes fun at those penny-pinchers who make life so unbearable and miserable for the rest of us, from mass layoffs to financial scams.
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Resistance, the unverifiable, and the horse in Ali Smith’s ‘Gliff’
June 16, 2026Smith argues that defiance is a persistent, improvised salving: tending wounds, remembering the erased, and walking north toward the unverifiable.
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‘Disco Elysium’: Darkly hilarious video game about failed revolutions and enduring hope
June 11, 2026Created by Estonian Robert Kurvitz, a self-described Marxist-Leninist, this fictional world is inspired by the capitalist realities imposed on post-socialist countries.
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