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The Preposterous History of Propaganda Art Propagandopolis, a globe-spanning selection of visual persuasions from the early 20th century to now, is a travelogue to disinformation’s past.

In January 1940 an organisation called CEMA – the Council for the Encouragement of Music and Art – was founded, initially with money from a charitable trust – money that was soon matched by Treasury ...

Reuters. Artist Tran Duy Truc, 82, gestures next to a propaganda painting ahead of the 50th anniversary of Vietnam’s Liberation Day, in Hanoi, Vietnam, April 29, 2025.

He had been an avid collector of World War I and II propaganda art and artifacts, and growing up, Falotico often heard stories of how his father was constantly drawn to art of this era, an affinity ...

North Korea launched a state-run art exhibit this week with propaganda paintings of the Supreme Leader — including one portraying him triumphantly riding horseback — after lifting a rule ...

Unofficial art posed problems of its own. Beyond the fact that there was no market, decades of isolation behind the Iron Curtain left artists with a 1920s frame of reference.

“Most of the history of Western art was propaganda for the church,” he says, also noting how similar these works are to American paintings in the 1940s (think Rosie the Riveter). “This ...

Street art is taking over the walls of Warsaw, Poland, turning the capital into an open-air museum. These images, created by amateurs and renowned artists alike, bear witness to the cultural ...