In 1943, Pablo Picasso received a desperate letter from an artist called Jeanne Kosnick-Kloss. “It’s all too late,” she wrote. “I have just been told that Otto has been sent to the north. Please do ...

War is a continuation of politics by other means, but its form and manifestation on the battlefield are directly linked to the intersection of ideas and changing material conditions. 5 In the past, ...

Introduction : modernity, modern art, and fantasies of postwar national identity -- Recuperating the modern : the Cold War battle for the 'real' -- Marking the postwar city : toward a mnemonic modern ...