"I want to be effective in this time in which people are so perplexed and in need of help." Käthe Kollwitz wrote in her diary toward the end of 1922. She had just completed "War," a series of ...

The drawings of hands by Käthe in this part of the exhibition were made towards the end of her life (1938, 1938, 1940/42). Many have expressed their regret that she didn’t live to see the end of the ...

Designer Paul Cardwell recommends visiting the Kathe Kollwitz exhibition currently on show at the British Museum in London, and notes the frightening relevance of her artworks today How honest are you ...