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And then trying to show that it's a better system rather than just struggling our shoulders and saying to let the strongest win. it's important to note that these examples from earlier, democracy is under threat, but also things like the rule of law. the independent judiciary, or more broadly, human rights are a threat. we have to be able to use that kind of language as well. i think it's very wobbly worldwide, but i think biden is doing the same thing to -- and he's also doing the right thing by supporting the ukrainians. that's something new and dramatic, and autocracy trying to destroy demo...

The ukrainians. russia invades ukraine that's an autocracy trying to destroy democracy by force. that's place where you have to look ukrainians are taking a risk, they remind us that democracy requires us taking a risk. >> interestingly though, when russia invades ukraine, it's not an abstraction. this was a democracy that may ceased to be a democracy. the other stuff you talk about the threat to the rule of law, the threat to an independent cue dishsy like in israel, democracy is under threat because of all of these things. everybody in israel, israelis in israel have a vote. people still vot...

You can't let go, that's the place where you really do have to say, look, ukrainians are taking a risk, and they're reminding us that democracy requires taking risks. let's help them take that risk, and maybe take the example for them. >> interestingly, when russia invades ukraine, or a country invades and other independent country, it's not an abstraction. it's easy to get our head around the fact that this is the democracy, it may cease to exist as a result of this action. all of the other stuff you talk about, a threat to the rule of law, the threats to an independent judiciary like we are ...

Julia Voss, author of 'Hilma af Klint: A Biography,' spent a decade retracing the life of the enigmatic painter.

In 1959, the very year the Cuban Revolution amplified Cold War tensions in the Americas, museumgoers in the United States witnessed a sudden surge in major exhibitions of Latin American art. Surveying the 1960s boom of such exhibits, this book documents how art produced in regions considered susceptible to communist influence was staged on U.S. soil for U.S. audiences. Held in high-profile venues such as the Guggenheim Museum, the Walker Art Center, MoMA, and the Art Institute of Chicago, the exhibitions of the 1960s Latin American art boom did not define a single stylistic trend or the art of...