The "art" of "Capitalism Works for Me!" isn't necessarily in the LED sign and voting machine, it's in how people are confronted with a question that is both very public and very personal.
Activist artist Molly Crabapple's new series of paintings titled "Shell Game" at Smart Clothes Gallery in New York portray a darkly humorous year in c...
A mural depicting President Barack Obama is back up on the wall of a Houston building just weeks after the painting was vandalized for the second time...
We were confused, to say the least, when we stumbled upon a painting of President Barack Obama, naked and lovingly entwined with the body of a unicorn...
His face is painted as a mural on the wall of a brick building next to a deli in my neighborhood. The mural is simple and carelessly done, but it always holds the power to jar me out of my post-work stupor.
It's hard not to smile when we see one of Keith Haring's strong and simple street art specimens. The thick graphic lines, bright colors and univer...
Amidst the rival millionaires and food-deprived fashionistas cloying for their opportunity to mingle with the art world's mightiest contenders, one gr...
We've seen Barack Obama riding a lion, Paul Ryan as a hot dog and Hilary Clinton as Marilyn Monroe. After all this, you'd think no political art could...
Since the good ol' days of his first presidential campaign, Barack Obama has been a favored subject of painters, sculptors and portraitists from sea t...
With less than 24 hours until the polls open their doors to eager voters, you've probably analyzed the candidates from every possible angle, and you'r...
Jon McNaughton, an anti-Obama artist notorious for his particularly inflammatory political paintings, is back with another creation just in time for n...
For any artist trying to master political art, Shepard Fairey's "Hope" is the poster to study. Though the artist had to spend his day in court on char...
Though they started out blank, the 44 busts of President Barack Obama in the gallery of a Detroit museum are now a wild array of color, pattern and st...
As many barriers and boundaries are crossed in public art, there is a question of 'Who has the right to express themselves here?' Take the famous Banksy piece as an example. Did he have the 'right' to make artwork on the walls of the West Bank?
By now, it's impossible to forget Rep. Todd Akin's recent statements regarding women who are sexually assaulted. "If it’s a legitimate rape," the Re...
BUCHAREST, Romania — One painting shows a peasant crucified above a hole in the shape of Romania. Another of a man holding a book is painted in ...
Ever since the dawn of elections in the United States, there have been members of both ends of the political spectrum who have sought to voice their o...
Consumed by what he perceived as a world marked by endless, terrifying connections between political figures and financiers, Mark Lombardi spent the m...
Since the tragic events of September 11th, 2001, artists from the United States and abroad have attempted to capture the variety of responses they hav...
If you decided to dine at Bern's Steakhouse in Tampa last night, you probably noticed that something was off about the restaurant's exterior. That's b...
Last week, we ran a post about Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour, who was barred from leaving Iran for being a conscientious objector, but still ...
If you're ever touring the warm Spanish city of Madrid, you may get a little parched. That is because about 50% of the city's public drinking fountain...
We can imagine few things better than a world full of street art. With murals flowing around every street corner and massive designs inhabiting the...
Nina Chanel Abney paints vibrant multicultural murals with disjointed narratives that confuse and delight. With a bold palette and bolder sense of hum...
