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Around 1990, Yager began to make jewelry out of the stuff of the streets—crack vials, syringes, bullet casings, and broken auto glass—that she found…
Issue: How is This Political?
Inundated as we’ve been over the course of the last few weeks with images of American Olympic athletes draped in flags , and specifically with news of…
Issue: How is This Political?
Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is well known for using brooches to make nonverbal political and diplomatic statements. This began…
Issue: How is This Political?
Natchez layers histories, artistic practices, and popular culture references into this vibrant, yet sharply political, image. At left, he paints a…
Issue: How is This Political?
Goya made timeless statements of a political nature throughout his print series— Caprichos , Disasters of War , Disparates , and even the Tauromaquia…
Issue: How is This Political?
My Identity is a personal and political self-portrait. Through four photographs, it suggests that even as the artist experiences 20th- and 21st…
Issue: How is This Political?
Well before American women had the right to vote, some used quilts to express their political persuasion. This expertly pieced composition features an…
Issue: How is This Political?
This coin, known as the Eid Mar or "Ides of March," is the most historically and politically significant in the MFA’s distinctive collection of more…
Issue: How is This Political?
US Marine Cpl. Philip Pepper, age 22, Garmsir, Helmand, Afghanistan
The forthcoming anniversary of the World War I Armistice , known as Veterans Day, presents an opportunity to pause and reconsider war’s costs and…
Issue: How is This Political?
This photograph dates from the early days of the medium, and is one of the first examples of the political use of photography. It was taken by Joseph…
Issue: How is This Political?