Thanks to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s ambitious New Deal plan, American artists were able to keep working during the Great Depression. The work they produced remains a key part of the American...
In protest against the Vietnam War – one of the most divisive conflicts in US history – American musicians wrote and performed hundreds of songs calling for peace and criticising the US government’s handling of the...
Explore early modernist graffiti from the 1920’s; the “pioneering era” of graffiti that took place during the years 1969 through 1974; as well as look at its appeal...
In the late-19th century, with the American Civil War in full swing, millions of Americans relied on the written word, illustrations and engravings for news about the conflict; until the groundbreaking work of New York photographer Mathew Brady, brought the harsh...
