The History of Inclusion in the United States

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The Art Front: A Vehicle for Artistic Awakening in the Strenuous Decade

The Art Front, was a specialist journal published from 1934 until 1937 that reflected the views of politically radical artists as they confronted the changing realities brought on by the Great Depression. In particular, the journal promoted the interests of the New York Artists Union as it strove to better the economic and social circumstances of its members. The challenges were immense, and this meant attacking existing policies of city and national government, as well as the exhibit policies of galleries and museums that negatively affected the livelihoods and everyday existence of most artists. The Art Front represented a call for change and socialism in the midst of capitalist market crises and the rise of Fascism and militarism. The growth of the New Deal, Federal Art Project after 1935 provided a degree of financial relief. The Art Front nevertheless revealed the critical debates of the era and raised awareness of the often continuing artistic struggles that still have relevance today