Pop Surrealist Anthony Ausgang’s cover art for the Grammy award winning duo MGMT is stirring up some fan controversy.

Both Members of This Club, a painting by George Bellows, at the National Gallery of Art.

What did the people of his time who looked at this Annunciation by Simone di Martini see when they looked at it? You can get a close look at central image using the image viewer at the excellent Artchive Site.

A look at the work of impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh.

Dishes with Oysters, Fruit and Wine is a painting by Osias Beert the Elder at the National Gallery. How can a still life have an element of time?

Featuring original art by Ken Addington and a perfect kitchen song by Bearfoot.

We received amazing entries for the POP art contest. There are six finalists for the “Public Choice” prize, and voting is now open.

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With the U.S. in the grip of an economic crisis that has some comparisons with the Great Depression, many people have called for another New Deal. It is now an especially good time to examine parts of the New Deal, particularly the successful Federal Arts Project (FAP) of the Works Progress Administration (WPA).

Americana music is part of a great American cultural tradition of resistance. We’d better sing. And listen. The current political crisis makes this more urgent than ever.

We ask two vets and a pacifist what it means to Support The Troops, and premiere a snip of IRAQ PAPER SCISSORS. Plus a Handstand-A-Thon in Brooklyn , the G.I. Bill of Rights, The Great Derangement, and One Immigrant’s Tale from the Movement Vision Lab.