The 2019 Whitney Biennial is attracting attention and protest stickers for the acts of one of the museum's VPs. Steven Heller investigates.
Political Design
Fake News?
Gustav Klutsis was a Soviet photo montage pioneer and designer. Steven Heller takes a look at some preserved work of his in a new collection.
Women Under The Influence
The girls of Bund Deutscher Mädel were in the female faction of the Hitler Youth, aimed at securing the next generation of Nazi women.
How Propaganda Trumped the Press
Steven Heller shows how the Nazis took over printing presses in Germany and tightly controlled the media.
Otto Dix Expressionist
Otto Dix is a celebrated anti-war artist of the early 20th century. A new volume of his letters shows a different side of him: expressive and romantic.
Lethal Print
In the 60s in the U.S. and Europe, publications of the Underground Press appeared to fight Nazi rhetoric and occupation forces. Steven Heller digs in.
The Electoral Primary Season 1792
In 1792, there were no established political parties, but primary election season still managed to display politicians being asses.
France on the Right
The term "the Right and the Left" was coined during the French Revolution. Steven Heller takes a look at right-leaning posters from France.
Dam Propaganda
Across the world, the 1930s were a time of public works and infrastructure additions. With these public projects came posters of 1930s propaganda.
The Comics Journal Returns!
The Comics Journal is back in print with an in-depth interview with Tomi Ungerer, legendary French author, cartoonist, illustrator.