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Review of a group show of new political art.

Report on an event mixing art and politics.

This review finds that The Baltic’s ‘street art’ exhibition bites off much more than it can chew.

Küba’s multitude of screens give a fascinating but flawed portrayal of community.

Tom Jennings’ review of a ground-breaking site-specific installation.

Tom Jennings enjoys Sally Madge's 2005 show; an art exhibition with real bite.

Tom Jennings examines the political pretensions of a contemporary art show.

Tom Jennings reviews a coffee table offering from the media’s favourite subversive.

Stencil graffiti by Arofish often succeeds in transcending formula and cliché, according to Tom Jennings.

Tom Jennings' review of the graffiti art show at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead.

Photographs of an anti-Iraq war art project carried out by some people involved in the Anarchist Youth Network in 2002 and 2003. Most may not believe now that it was very politically useful but it is archived here for reference. The concept of it was threefold: to put military imagery into peaceful London settings, to illustrate that the British government going to war in Iraq would likely bring conflict to the UK in terms of terrorism and as a call to action, to bring a war against the war-mongering capitalist system to the streets of the UK. It involved sticking toy soldiers about the place, and camouflaging everyday objects about the city with paint.

140 wardens at the National Gallery, London, are on strike today over changes to their holiday entitlement.

A short biography of French Impressionist artist and anarchist Camille Pisarro.

A short biography of Latvian-born abstract expressionist artist and anarchist, Mark Rothko.

A short biography of Paul Signac a French neo-impressionist painter and anarchist who, working with Georges Seurat, helped develop the pointillist style.

A look at involvement of governments and corporations attempting to push their interests in the world of art and culture since the middle of the last century.

A situationist-influenced critique of modern art by some UK radicals in the days of 1967 when, for many, revolution seemed to be getting close. Despite the occasional silly over-estimation of delinquency and shop-lifting, still a fine critique of its time of art and its limits.

A biography of the Italian anarchist and painter Enrico Baj. Well known in Italy, he was finally beginning to become known in France as well though his name had never really been known in Britain.

A short biography of German poet, writer, art historian and anarchist combatant in the Spanish Revolution, Carl Einstein. He commited suicide in 1940 to avoid Nazi persecution.