Why There Is No Justification For Forcing Taxpayers To Pay For Art
President Trump’s proposed budget eliminates funding for the NEA, and apparently not wanting taxpayers to bankroll endeavors beyond the government’s constitutional scope demonstrates his lack of humanity.
Is Concern For Rebuilding Notre Dame About Piety Or Aesthetics?
No tears fall for these parishes in Florida’s panhandle, devastated by hurricanes, that lack the supernal sheen of great architecture.
Wokesters Go After Democrat Cartoonist For Objecting To Abortion
He was making cartoons, believing in Jesus, voting Democratic, and holding quietly pro-life views. Why drag him into the Twittersphere? Can’t a guy just live his life?
A Conversation With The Anti-Political Correctness Satirist Who Is Pissing Off Instagram
A conversation with humorist MADEbyJIMBOB (@madebyjimbob) on content suppression, late-night comedy, and the importance of satire in our political moment.
How To Restore A More Vibrant Meaning To The Concept Of ‘Genius’
A genius shows us ourselves and our world in a way we couldn’t have seen them before, as Harold Bloom has frequently observed.
How Two Of History’s Greatest Artists Reimagined The Earth As Map Makers
It’s fascinating to think about what these maps by Leonardo da Vinci and Albrecht Dürer have meant to the history of mankind.
The Federalist Radio Hour Music Edition: Sex Pistols, R.E.M, The Replacements
David Harsanyi and Mark Hemingway debate their favorite artists and albums, and dive deep into the punk and rock music scenes of the ’70s and ’80s.
Oregon Court Holds Bakers Responsible For How People Feel About What They Say
The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld a $135,000 fine against the owners of a local cake shop who declined to use their artistic skills to create a custom cake for a same-sex wedding.
Christian Artists Should Have The Same Free Speech Game As Colin Kaepernick
Why is Colin Kaepernick’s situation playing out in the court of public opinion while Jack Phillips’ is playing out in the Supreme Court of the United States?
Why The Hysterical Left Wants To Keep A White Woman From Painting A Black Man
It’s abhorrent to insist that, merely because of her skin color, Dana Schutz shouldn’t paint an image that is meaningful, respectful, and striking.
What Planning My Straight Wedding Showed Me About LGBT Discrimination
After interacting with the people religious liberty laws aim to protect, I realized that we need a deeper commitment to protecting wedding artists.
Kentucky Court Rules Company Doesn’t Have To Print Words Contradicting Christian Owner’s Convictions
The attorney who argued this case says the decision ‘reassures us all that, no matter what you believe, the law can’t force you to express a message in conflict with your deepest convictions.’
To Depoliticize Art, Trump Has To Do More Than End Federal Endowments
A culture war is not a street fight. Axing the endowments scores points but still leaves the arts captive to academia and its maze of orthodoxies.
ACLU Talks A Big Game About Free Speech While Attacking It Unrelentingly
If ‘each and every individual’ has the right to artistic self-determination, why is the ACLU spearheading efforts to destroy people who exercise those rights?
For Postmodernists Like Richard Prince, Art Is Theft
Are creators entitled to the fruits of their hard work, imagination, and creativity? The cultural left for which Richard Prince is the poster boy says no.
This Modern Artist’s Shot At Ivanka Trump Is All The Narcissism of Politics, Pop Culture, And Protest In One Story
The art world’s Ivanka Trump backlash is so postmodern it has rendered itself meaningless.
Discover What 3 Classic Paintings Secretly Say About The Meaning Of Christmas
Let’s consider three works by three Old Master painters that depict three important moments in the story of Christ’s birth, and just so happen to feature some tiny text.
What Life Is Like For Artists In The Time Of Trump
Donald Trump’s victory has affected even the artists’ listserv I belong to. A December 3 broadcast touted an ‘action plan’ to stop Trump.
What Artists See In Donald Trump And Hillary Clinton
Now is a good time to consider where the two main candidates stand, not on the issues, but in the eyes of the art world.
Meet The North Korean Artist Who Hides His Face To Avoid Torture
‘I Am Sun Mu,’ a new documentary, follows a North Korean defector as he recounts his life and art under one of the world’s most oppressive regimes.
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