"Can the truth of war be represented in art and literature?" The international conference "Art, War and Truth" which takes place on Thursday, February 13th and Friday, February 14th at the Australian National University in Canberra will try to find some answers. The conference seeks to explore "the deep and enduring biases about war, art and truth which exist in academic scholarship." How can we know that some art work depicts the truth and others are merely a construction of reality? Here references to propaganda art are essential.