http://www.wsws.org/topics/artsCategory/essays/ http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2010/11/cine-n10.html WSWS arts editor David Walsh recently spoke at the University of Salford in the Greater Manchester area in the UK. Wed, 10 Nov 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/256424e8-2e21-4448-955b-a60e75a1d30C/cine-n10.html 2010-11-10T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2010/10/pers-o05.html American capitalism in decline has neither interest in, nor financial support to offer, artistic creation. Tue, 05 Oct 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/026572d4-4d85-48cf-9b04-d7942bfdb3bM/pers-o05.html 2010-10-05T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2010/03/nyca-m18.html Arts editor David Walsh addressed some of the current problems in American cultural life, and their historical roots, in a recent talk. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/b7fb6b20-d780-4316-a830-c1145c2ba11P/nyca-m18.html 2010-03-18T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2010/03/nyc2-m17.html Arts editor David Walsh addressed some of the current problems in American cultural life, and their historical roots, in a recent talk. This is part two. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/426e96ba-99ed-4005-b763-4c384be9231D/nyc2-m17.html 2010-03-17T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2010/03/nyc1-m16.html Arts editor David Walsh addressed some of the current problems in American cultural life, and their historical roots, in a recent talk. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/0d1fde1f-bd67-4940-984b-f4863e98493P/nyc1-m16.html 2010-03-16T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/12/eli1-d30.html This year marked the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, along with Marx’s A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy. The publication of George Eliot’s Adam Bede in 1859 also deserves to be noted. Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/07750738-fdc4-449b-b437-cdc9b04d0f3L/eli1-d30.html 2009-12-30T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/04/art2-a22.html WSWS arts editor David Walsh recently delivered a talk on “The Future of Art in an Age of Crisis” in a number of US cities. This is the second and concluding part. Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/02a06709-1755-4cbc-99de-18665aec311K/art2-a22.html 2009-04-22T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/04/art1-a21.html WSWS arts editor David Walsh recently delivered a talk on “The Future of Art in an Age of Crisis” in a number of US cities. We are posting that lecture in two parts, beginning today. Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/f69d11f4-e930-43bb-b189-8b0c2a4b56aP/art1-a21.html 2009-04-21T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/03/wals-m04.html In meetings at San Diego State University and at the Santa Monica Public Library in the Los Angeles last week, WSWS Arts Editor David Walsh addressed students, artists and workers on “The future of art in an age of crisis.” Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/b6b00cbc-f0fe-4bcd-824e-bd2ba2b94dfM/wals-m04.html 2009-03-04T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2008/12/lett-d16.html A selection of recent letters sent to the World Socialist Web Site on David Walsh’s discussions with screenwriter-playwright Trevor Griffiths and filmmaker Mike Leigh. Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/081201ef-e2a9-4f0d-b850-dde2565eae4M/lett-d16.html 2008-12-16T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2008/12/man1-d11.html On November 12 WSWS arts editor David Walsh and screenwriter-playwright Trevor Griffiths held a discussion on the subject of “The Writer and Revolution.” We are posting an edited version of the event today and tomorrow, along with video excerpts. Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/74847f47-6a3c-42d4-9535-2aa27f132b7D/man1-d11.html 2008-12-11T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2008/12/utzo-d10.html Jørn Utzon, whose name is bound to his greatest, and perhaps one of the world’s best-known post-World War II pieces of architecture, the Sydney Opera House, died in his sleep aged 90 on Saturday, November 29. Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/5c157d97-288d-4f68-8e2c-b5838285085D/utzo-d10.html 2008-12-10T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2008/11/lect-n26.html WSWS arts editor David Walsh recently delivered a talk on “Art and socialism” in a number of cities in Britain. We’re posting that lecture today. Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/662d760a-08c5-44a1-b2c2-c8c9ebefb5fC/lect-n26.html 2008-11-26T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2008/11/tgdw-n13.html A unique discussion on “The Writer and Revolution” between acclaimed playwright Trevor Griffiths and WSWS Arts Editor David Walsh took place Wednesday in Manchester, England. Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/7a498db7-da51-4d61-aeee-d666f8fa92dJ/tgdw-n13.html 2008-11-13T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2008/10/dwal-o25.html Global capitalism has entered its greatest crisis since the 1930s. The economic slump will undoubtedly lead to a widespread radicalization, as all the myths about the "free market" are shattered. Sat, 25 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/78cbe800-5617-40f1-b7cc-7e9479337abG/dwal-o25.html 2008-10-25T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2008/10/aest-o11.html The following lecture was delivered on January 9, 1998 to the International Summer School on Marxism and the Fundamental Problems of the 20th Century, organised by the Socialist Equality Party (Australia) in Sydney from January 3-10, 1998. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/f6cdad78-9dd2-40b9-bfef-8c9eeda02caC/aest-o11.html 2008-10-11T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2008/10/comm-o11.html I would like to expand on one question raised in the lecture: the objective character of artistic cognition and the significance of its study for revolutionaries. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/78bc9ff3-a22d-4c96-b820-6fec561976cK/comm-o11.html 2008-10-11T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2007/01/york-j23.html We are posting here the concluding part of a talk given by David Walsh, arts editor of the World Socialist Web Site, to a meeting organized by graduate film students January 17 at York University in Toronto, Ontario. The first part was posted January 22. Also see “Questions and answers at David Walsh’s talk at York University in Toronto.” Tue, 23 Jan 2007 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/51ab03d2-8eac-45d4-ad21-5fc45024f24J/york-j23.html 2007-01-23T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2007/01/york-j22.html We are posting here the first part of a talk given by David Walsh, arts editor of the World Socialist Web Site, to a meeting organized by graduate film students January 17 at York University in Toronto, Ontario. The second and concluding part will be posted Tuesday, January 23. Mon, 22 Jan 2007 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/f0a90f2a-ba22-4dd0-a85f-d539323344fP/york-j22.html 2007-01-22T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/1998/01/aest-j03.html Art expresses things about life, about people and about oneself that are not revealed in political or scientific thought. To become whole, human beings require the truth about the world, and themselves, that art offers. Sat, 03 Jan 1998 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/5d594f92-9298-4506-bd4d-62dd0645a3dJ/aest-j03.html 1998-01-03T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/1997/11/wild-n08.html On July 28, 1997 we published an article by David Walsh on Oscar Wilde and his contribution to twentieth century cultural and political life (see article, Oscar Wilde’s lasting significance). We publish here a letter from a reader in Australia, and a reply by Walsh. Sat, 08 Nov 1997 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/c8d982c1-abbc-4d9b-9834-1373fc3ebf1K/wild-n08.html 1997-11-08T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/1997/06/bre2-j16.html Breton was among the first intellectuals in France to appreciate and draw attention to the significance of Freud's work. Mon, 16 Jun 1997 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/f6f848c8-fd68-4a71-a935-5dd76bbf12eO/bre2-j16.html 1997-06-16T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/1997/06/bret-j16.html In June and July 1938 Leon Trotsky, exiled Russian revolutionary, and André Breton, French Surrealist poet and thinker, collaborated in Mexico on the writing of an extraordinary "Manifesto for an Independent Revolutionary Art." This declaration remains the most eloquent expression yet produced of the commonality of interests of the artist and the revolutionary Marxist. Mon, 16 Jun 1997 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/3f3a8efa-3da0-4ca6-9822-d8f2bd1f528O/bret-j16.html 1997-06-16T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/1993/09/said-s13.html Edward Said, a Palestinian and a professor of literature at Columbia University in New York City, has set himself the task in Culture and Imperialism of offering "a history of the imperial adventure rendered in cultural terms." Mon, 13 Sep 1993 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/44dd2eee-0810-4e44-b41e-ab938d95e5eM/said-s13.html 1993-09-13T05:00:00Z