The Photo Requests From Solitary project, and its installation at Eastern State Penitentiary, puts a human face on prison policy.
Art
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The Trump Show, the Comic Book
A graphic depiction of the election insanity
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This Is Not a Convention
It is every politician’s dream of a totally scripted TV unity fest. That’s OK for now, but once it’s done we need a return to real politics.
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How Protest Graffiti Recontextualizes Public Art
Throughout the country, street art has forced people to confront and examine our troubling racial realities.
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The Art of Confined Spaces
What artists trapped inside might learn from Iraqi notebooks and Lebanese comics
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An Artist Responds to Trump’s Cratering of America: A Q&A With Esteban Whiteside
In stark paintings and intense, vibrant collages, Whiteside confronts what Donald Trump has wrought and how the long arc of oppression in the American experience oozes into the lives of people of color every day.
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In the Age of Trump, Resistance Requires Creativity
As the political class in Washington, D.C., struggles to carve a path of resistance to the incoming Trump administration, artists are leading the way. Institutional players in liberal politics should pay attention.