The War of Art : A History of Artists' Protest In America

Author: Lauren O'Neill-Butler

c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)

Published on 23 June 2026 by Verso Books in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 240 pages, 30 b/w integrated, 1x8pp colour plate section
198 x 129 | 300g

THE WAR OF ART IS A HISTORY OF ARTIST-LED ACTIVISM AND ITS ASSOCIATED GLOBAL POLITICAL AND AESTHETIC DEBATES FROM THE 1960S TO THE PRESENT. STUDIES OF KEY INDIVIDUALS AND ARTIST GROUPS TELL THE STORY OF THEIR CAMPAIGNS FOR SOLIDARITY, HOUSING, AND LGBTQ+ AND HIV/AIDS AWARE­NESS. BASED ON IN-DEPTH ORAL HISTORIES AND ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT, THE WAR OF ART DEMONSTRATES THAT ART HISTORY IS ALSO POLITICAL HISTORY.