See how artists have shaped politics and politicians have failed to stop them. Art and politics may seem like mortal enemies, but they’re more like best frenemies forever. In this episode of Crash ...

Howardena Pindell had already created the spiraling mess of oranges, yellows, blues, and greens, footprinted with red arrows indicating the path of the swirls, when she realized that the lithograph ...

Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. The Bay Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and ...

“Identity politics” is among the most contentious terms in recent debates about art. And now, the most powerful people in the United States are blaming just about everything on “DEI” and “wokeness.” ...

With a record number of countries holding elections in 2024—including the U.S., where Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are battling it out for the White House this week—the future of democracy feels ...

Leon Zeman's undated "Third Ave. Bridge" is part of the upcoming "Inspired by Cedar Rapids: 175 Years of Art" exhibition at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art. A collection of works celebrating the city's ...

Detail image. Della Wells and Anne-Marie Grgich with Sandy Jo Combes, Remember Sister, We Sisters Are Married to Truth and Freedom, Not Married to Fear and Lies, 2025. Photo by Souleo. As President ...

Are you ready to deepen your understanding of U.S. politics and explore the intersection of art and civic engagement? Join us for an enlightening event designed to demystify the political process and ...

As dawn breaks on a nation still processing the election results, let us recall how it felt to wake up in America on the morning of Nov. 9, 2016 — that is, assuming you slept at all the previous night ...

Khaled Hassan, “Born to Be Migrant (Positive or Negative)” (2013–14), film and digital process installation with digital prints, dims var (all images courtesy Aicon Gallery) Aicon Gallery in downtown ...