Posts Tagged ‘artists’
Artists and Writers as Activists: Remembering the McCarthy Hearings
I was just a pre-teen in the early 1950s, but I was old enough to remember quite vividly the McCarthy hearings on TV. In the midst of the Cold War, Senator Joseph McCarthy sought to identify Soviet spies and sympathizers who worked in the U.S. government and other high-profile industries, particularly Hollywood filmmaking and television. …
Read MoreWhy the Global Art Market is Finally Changing
Changes in the Global Art Market It was in the mid-1980s when the Guerrilla Girls started protesting the paucity of women artists at The Whitney Biennial and other prominent exhibitions. In the ensuing decades, much has been written about the far lower prices for works by women compared to men, and the lack of inclusion…
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