Articles

The Last Judgement

Madelyn Kenney

Art of the Desolate

This article analyzes the trends in apocalyptic art from the Renaissance to the present day, looking at the different techniques artists use to convey their message in architecture, canvas, and...

Faith Ringgold

Madelyn Kenney

Against the Norm: History of Art and Countercul...

Bold stances on war, civil rights, and environmentalism were matched with bright colors and curvy, abstract shapes and fonts. The opposition to these movements tended to remove the color from...

Carl Wilhelm Scheele courtesy of daviddarling.info

Madelyn Kenney and Emma Livingston

What We May Not Want To Know: Toxic Materials i...

While art and fashion have the power to inspire the masses, it also has the capability to cause great harm and even kill others when crafted with the wrong materials....

Love your lady

Madelyn Kenney

The Abortion Almanac: How Artists and Botanists...

How do you categorize a plant? By its color? Shape? Its point of origin? Its medicinal properties? So many pages of art and data, especially the New World as the...

Egyptian Sarcophagus

Emma Livingston

Decoding Artifact Relocation: Where does ancien...

Today, many of these stolen objects, often alluded to as “borrowed,” remain exiled in art institutions worldwide, serving as trophies from conquest rather than symbols of culture and community.

Police escort JSO activist from the National Gallery

Madelyn Kenney

Art and Activism: Gone Too Far

Climate activists recently defaced Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” in an attempt to bring awareness to the threat of climate change. The public and art community at large have denounced this type...

Crust of the Polygon

Madelyn Kenney

Consequential Transience: Why the Funding of Su...

First, what is sustainable art? To define this, we can look at it in two different ways: art that is created using sustainable materials and methods and art that is...

JSO Protestors

Madelyn Kenney

Stuck With The Consequences: How Far Is Too Far...

Beloved masterpieces worldwide have been the target of climate protests since the end of July. Climate activists from around the world have flocked to art museums containing internationally renowned paintings...

The Lovers by Van Gogh

Madelyn Kenney

Art and Activism: The History of Van Gogh Vanda...

Only time will tell what happens to these artworks as a result, but one thing is for certain—the quality of a piece reflects its treatment throughout history. We will only...

Georgia O'Keeffe painting

Madelyn Kenney

Art & Activism: The Symbol of Chosen Freedom in...

Artistic Activism By combining raw emotion with a collective response, artistic activism becomes a well-rounded force toward social change, igniting the drive to elevate a message in the soul and...