Left: Martha Holmes (1923–2006), “Jackson Pollock Works in His Long Island Studio” (1949), photograph for ‘LIFE’ magazine; right: Louie Lamone (1918–2007), reference photo for “The Connoisseur”; both ...

Soviet propaganda posters were designed to reach a largely illiterate population and deliver ideological messages instantly.

Your special issue, “The Arts in America 1945-1985” (Summer, 1985), is a valuable contribution to our understanding and appreciation of the past forty years. I particularly enjoyed the articles on art ...

Art & Language, “Picasso’s Guernica in the Style of Jackson Pollock” (1980), glue, cardboard, canvas, oil paint, paper (courtesy of S.M.A.K., Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent) After World ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Cold War guardhouse rescued from demolition has gone on display as an art installation in the heart of Los Angeles, as way to mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the ...

History, as we’re learning hourly from the example of Donald Trump, can really stretch credulity. If you had pitched his unlikely political story to a Hollywood studio a decade ago, you’d probably ...

In the years shortly after World War II, the United States military found itself one of if not the dominant force on Earth. Freshly reorganized in 1947, with a new department, new service branches and ...

(Reuters) - A German artist has turned a tiny surveillance booth used by the communist regime in the former East Germany to monitor citizens into an art exhibit and venue, which will be installed in a ...

"In October 1962, a set of blurred surveillance photographs brought the world to the brink of nuclear apocalypse during the Cuban missile crisis. The pictures themselves demonstrated little, and ...

The Cold War left lasting ramifications on American and European society, which was reflected in many movies. Filmmakers, actors, and other artists in America and European countries used movies to ...