Art and fascism – John Allcock

Artists and utopia

09/01/202519/12/2018 by John

I think that it is in his song The Captain that Leonard Cohen has the unforgettably startling lines, “Complain, complain, that’s all we’ve done, ever since we lost./If it’s not the Crucifixion then it’s the Holocaust.” The jibe is directed against his fellow Jews, but it came into my mind today as I was taking … Read more

I’ve heard that story somewhere before

09/01/202521/11/2018 by John

I’m committed to doing a talk in January, to the regional Italian Circle, on art and fascism in inter-war Italy. Yesterday I was able to get down to preparation, doing some preparatory reading. The obvious place to begin is Marla Susan Stone’s excellent The Patron State, and as I sat reading this afternoon I experienced a … Read more