"The NEA was on the path to becoming the National Endowment for Nice Art, agency insiders lamented." @mathitak.bsky.social reviews @isaacbutler.bsky.social's new history of the conservative outrage machine: www.commonwealmagazine.org/butler-cultu...
The Culture-War FactoryIn the last quarter of the 20th century, provocative art came to be leveraged for right-wing political power. We're still dealing with the consequences.www.commonwealmagazine.org