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# Covert Contact 34: Art in Diplomacy and Conflict
- URL: https://johnwlittle.com/art-in-diplomacy-and-conflict/
- Published: 2015-12-26T07:32:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-17T18:41:25.000Z
- Description: Art historian Julia Tatiana Bailey joins me to discuss art as propaganda, diplomacy and resistance, from the Cold War to contemporary concerns about technology and surveillance.
- Author: John Little
- Tags: Covert Contact, Podcast, Interviews, Art, Diplomacy, Julia Tatiana Bailey

Dr. Julia Tatiana Bailey is an art historian specializing in visual politics in the Cold War and art as propaganda, diplomacy and resistance. She recently completed a PhD focusing on official and unofficial Soviet-American cultural exchange and works as Assistant Curator of International Art at Tate Modern in London. Julia blogs on Cold War art at [ESPIONART](http://espionart.wordpress.com/?ref=johnwlittle.com) and can be found on Twitter at [@espionart](http://twitter.com/espionart?ref=johnwlittle.com) and [@tattyjewels](http://twitter.com/tattyjewels?ref=johnwlittle.com).

In this episode we discussed the importance of art in international relations and conflict – what we can learn from it and how it can be leveraged for influence. Much of the focus is on art as a tool during the Cold War but we also jump forward to the current environment which is being shaped by concerns about technology and surveillance – a topic of [Julia’s recent guest post on Blogs of War](https://blogsofwar.com/julia-tatiana-bailey-visual-artists-and-the-politics-of-surveillance-in-post-privacy-america/?ref=johnwlittle.com).