The article refers to the political art scene in Austria during the 1990s and early 2000s. Participatory art-activism projects are juxtaposed to artistic work used for political activism […]
This article discusses the Dutch contribution to the International Architecture Exhibition that was part of the Bauhaus Manifestation in 1923. The Dutch architect J.J.P. Oud, together with […]
This analysis of the reception of the Great German Art Exhibitions in presses in the Western democracies identifies limits, oversights, and key assumptions in these texts. Over time these assumptions […]
Taking previously un-translated writings of critic Pierre Restany as a primary source, this article demonstrates how his vision for the Nouveau Réaliste movement of the 1950s and 1960s demands a […]
The 1889 Military Law, far from being of no concern to neo-impressionists, was the subject of antimilitarist cartoons by Maximilien Luce and antimilitarist paintings by the neo-impressionist outsider, ‚Le douanier‘ Rousseau. […]
Was Monet the father of neo-impressionism? This article investiges the various answers that have been offered to this controversial question by examining the relationships […]
Through a close reading of Parisian art criticism around 1900, this essay examines Paul Signac’s role as de facto head of the neo-impressionists and guiding spirit of the Salon des Indépendants. […]
This article explores neo-impressionist representations of the Côte d’Azur as an ideal space of anarcho-communist liberty. In doing so it questions art-historical literature of such images as utopian […]
In the 1890s the political and artistic ambitions of Paul Signac were embodied by a series of decorative projects. This article contends that Signac, inspired by anarcho-communist discourse and the prospect of revolution, […]
This essay examines the critical and artistic responses to the death of Georges Seurat in 1891. While some at the time saw the avant-garde divided between scientifically-oriented neo-impressionism and mystical symbolism […]
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