O'Neill-Butler argues that the braiding of art and politics is an essential, yet overlooked, part of America's cultural history. That artists have long fought hard against injustices; that art itself can in fact "do more." Recent decades have seen an explosion of art activism, but little discussion of this deep history. The War of Art charts the post-war story of those who have used their artistic practise as a form of political protest. The book offers portraits of the key individuals, and groups of art activists who have campaigned for solidarity, housing, LGBTQ+, and indigenous...