Multiple exhibitions explore political art from American communism to Warhol's World's Fair controversy

Several exhibitions across the United States examine political dimensions in contemporary and historical art. At St. Etienne, a show investigates American artists' connections to the Communist Party, while Nolan presents George Grosz's political influence. Another exhibition in Greenwich, Connecticut, addresses contradictions between formalism and political content. A group show explores how art serves social justice activism and collective action through political aesthetics. A photographer creates new work linking the 2008 financial crisis to biblical narratives of guilt and redemption. Samuel Fosso challenges conventional representations of African identity through self-portraiture. Analysis of imagery from Ferguson, Missouri, following police shootings offers lessons about visual representation and protest. The Queens Museum revisits the controversy surrounding Andy Warhol's commission for the 1964 World's Fair, examining public outrage and institutional hypocrisy around the work.