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New Objectivity Artists Exposed the Decadence and Hypocrisy of German Society

Many German artists entered World War I enthusiastically, believing it would bring about positive social change. However, the horrors they experienced in the trenches, and their country’s humiliating defeat, left them bitter and disillusioned at the seemingly futile bloodletting.

How Mexico’s Muralists Lit a Fire Under U.S. Artists

Holland Cotter is co-chief art critic of The New York Times, where he has been on staff since 1998. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 2009. He writes on a wide range of art, old and new, and he has made extended trips to Africa and China for The Times.

Leni Riefenstahl

When King Wilhelm I of Prussia was proclaimed German Kaiser in 1871, Berlin became a center of political power. With its three million inhabitants, the metropolis on the Spree became an economic, civic, and, in particular, social and cultural hub...

Art in Review; Danny Lyon

Biking looms large in the photographs of Danny Lyon a photo-documentarian, writer and filmmaker whose close-up-and personal shots of his fellow motorcyclists were the basis of a well-known insidery book, “The Bikeriders,” in 1968...