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Political Artwork archive on Democracy Chronicles
These Political Artwork articles reflect the strong relationship between the arts and politics, particularly between various kinds of art and power, occurs across historical epochs and cultures. As they respond to contemporaneous events and politics, the arts take on political as well as social dimensions, becoming themselves a focus of controversy and even a force of political as well as social change. Also see our main section on Political Art or our extensive articles on World Protest.
Political Author Ntozake Shange of ‘For Colored Girls’ Fame Dies
Ntozake Shange who wrote the 1975 Tony Award-nominated play “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf,” died Saturday.
VIDEO: House Of Cards Creators Discuss Impact Of Political TV Shows
Netflix’s House of Cards series has become one of the most important on television looking at the political challenges of modern America.
New Zimbabwe Documentary On Massacres Takes Aim At President
New Zimbabwe documentary on massacres takes aim at president who preaches unity but deny apologizing for his alleged role in one of country’s deepest wounds
Rapper Kezang Dorji Connecting Bhutanese Youth With Democracy
Bhutanese pop-star, Kezang Dorji, has brought together artists to create a music video encouraging youth to vote ahead of the National Assembly’s elections.
Museum Honors Political Documentary Filmmaker Ken Burns
Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Ken Burns will be presented with an engraved medal and $25,000 prize to honor his lifetime of excellent political films.
Meet a Computer-Generated Ronald Reagan Hologram
The computer-generated imagery for the holograms was created starting with a silicone cast of Reagan’s head that was photographed from various angles with 300 cameras.
Activist’s Art Offers Rare Glimpse Inside Egypt’s Prisons
Artists just freed after serving a two-year sentence for taking part in a protest has chronicled daily life in his cellblock in sketches and paintings.
Sundance Award-Winning Dark Money Documentary Airs Tonight
A political thriller examines one of the greatest present threats to American democracy: the influence of untraceable corporate money on our elections.
Turkey’s Women Graffiti Artists Shine Amid Growing Repression
Istanbul is seeing an explosion of creative graffiti, with women artists largely behind the blast of color that is sweeping Turkey’s main city.