Author: Allyson

Vik Muniz is well acquainted with the truth behind the line, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.”

Dutch painter Piet Mondrian, the eventual co-founder of the De Stijl movement, was intrigued by abstraction and what he believed was its ability to depict the underlying nature of reality. He coined the term “Neo-Plasticism” to describe his particular style of artistic exploration; the title refers not to what we now recognize as plastic forms,…

Hannah Höch wasn’t afraid to throw shade. Actually, she thrived on it: as a critically-acclaimed pioneer of the photo montage (or collage, if you’d rather) and the sole female member of the post-World War I Berlin Dada group, Höch made a name for herself by creating striking and humorous social critiques. Her work explores the…

Hachivi Edgar Heap of Birds is a Cheyenne artist who works to raise awareness of the struggles of Native American people at the hands of the United States government.

On 18 October 1977, Andreas Baader, Jan-Carl Rasp, and Gudrun Ensslin were found dead in their cells in a Stuttgart prison.