Declining Leaders and An Ascendant Political Right in Germany and Canada

German and Canadian voters will go to the polls this year in national elections. At the latest, Canadian voters will vote in October, while a German snap election will be held on February 23. Both elections will take place in the context of ongoing political and economic turmoil in both countries and backlash directed at incumbent political parties observed in elections globally in 2024.

German Socialist and Liberal Policies, and Their Influence on Art in the 1960s

As the Berlin Wall divided a nation, the artistic landscape of modern art in the 1960s is represented by a contrast between the German Democratic Republic, or GDR, i.e. East Germany, and the Federal Republic of Germany, or FRG, i.e. West Germany. In the ostensibly free and culturally vibrant Federal Republic of Germany in the 1960s, celebrated as a hub of artistic expression, a perplexing reality emerged.