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"What do you think an artist is? He’s a political being, constantly alive to heartrending, fiery, or happy events, to which he responds in every way. No, painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war, for attack and defense against the enemy."

Pablo Picasso

Thursday, 16 May 2019 14:57

Gustave Courbet: the working class becomes the subject of art

Written by Jenny Farrell

in Visual Arts

On the 200th anniversay of Gustave Courbet's birth, Jenny Farrell looks at his revolutionary choice of theme and form, called 'socialist propaganda' by his critics A constant feature of any news programme in the capitalist world is “Business News” and reports from the stock markets. Those who toil to create…

Friday, 31 May 2019 14:22

Walter Wolfgang

Written by Anon

in Visual Arts

Walter Jakob Wolfgang, 23 June 1923 to 28 May 2019, was a German-born British socialist and peace activist. He was Vice-President and Vice Chair of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament up to the time of his death, and a supporter of the Stop the War Coalition.

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Sunday, 19 May 2019 13:40

Against the day

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Written by Narbi Price

Narbi Price introduces his new exhibition of paintings, set in Ashington and inspired by the Pitmen Painters. Image above: Untitled Wall Painting (Kwik Fit), acrylic on board, 50x70cm The idea for the exhibition and series of paintings entitled The Ashington Paintings (held at Woodhorn Museum in summer 2018), came through…

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K2_PUBLISHED_ON Tuesday, 14 May 2019 21:27

Tireless work: an image for May Day

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Written by Friedrich Farshaad Razmjouie

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves. - Henry David Thoreau

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Tuesday, 14 May 2019 21:22

Inequality: an image for May Day

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Written by Friedrich Farshaad Razmjouie

In memory of Workers' Day, wishing all the best and prosperity for all hardworking people on our blue planet.

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Friday, 19 April 2019 07:19

Leonardo da Vinci, the Mona Lisa and the dialectics of nature

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Written by Jenny Farrell

Jenny Farrell presents the historical background and the art of Leonardo da Vinci, who died 500 years ago, on 2 May 1519. New trends in art do not only emerge when a new social order is consolidated. Rather, they begin within the old, arising along with the new social forces…

Sunday, 31 March 2019 14:40

Can we buy the marbles sir? A school trip to the British Museum

Written by Phil Brett

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Phil Brett takes his primary school class for a dialectical trip round the British Museum I visit the British Museum fairly regularly. Of course, I'm not unique in that. Recent figures show that whilst it has lost its position as the UK's most popular attraction (to the Tate Modern, which…

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Monday, 18 March 2019 15:03

The UK at sea

Written by Friedrich Farshaad Razmjouie

in Visual Arts

Friday, 08 March 2019 09:58

IWD 2019: One equal world for all of us

Written by Friedrich Farshaad Razmjouie

in Visual Arts

Saturday, 23 February 2019 21:20

Building for a society of equals: 100 years of Bauhaus

Written by Jenny Farrell

in Visual Arts

Jenny Farrell celebrates 100 years of Bauhaus, the German art school started in 1919 Inspired by Germany’s November 1918 Revolution, which was ultimately crushed by the Social Democratic Party leadership and the military, artists and intellectuals, anti-militarists and pacifists hoped for a new society for the common good. Many however…

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