This painting of a wealthy couple takes on new political relevance in relation to our First Lady. The story of this portrait for me has always been…

As news outlets cover immigration, legal and illegal, and the plight of refugees taking to the waters of the world, personal stories of sacrifice may…

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…

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…

Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is well known for using brooches to make nonverbal political and diplomatic statements. This began…

Natchez layers histories, artistic practices, and popular culture references into this vibrant, yet sharply political, image. At left, he paints a…

Goya made timeless statements of a political nature throughout his print series—Caprichos, Disasters of War, Disparates, and even the Tauromaquia on…

My Identity is a personal and political self-portrait. Through four photographs, it suggests that even as the artist experiences 20th- and 21st…

Well before American women had the right to vote, some used quilts to express their political persuasion. This expertly pieced composition features an…

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…