‘Eastern Europe’

… revolutionary, suppressed and virtually non-existent in the public debate – at least in the eastern half of Europe – such as identity, feminism or emancipation movements. At the time, these were controversial, dissident concepts. Browsing through the materials collected in Budapest and Warsaw is an extraordinary experience. Their epistolary nature, (remember that many of the documents they hold have arrived by mail), dictated the form and format of the works – they were small, …

… and cultural borders. The conference explores the motivations behind the relocation of Central and Eastern European visual artists to urban centres specifically in the interwar period. These often followed patterns: artists with formal art training included travel as part of their curriculum, financed by various funds or grants; changes in political regimes forced others to leave their home countries for shorter or longer periods; and most enjoyed the help of personal, professional or …

… Arts in the Inter-War Years Blair Brooks: Kunst in Kalifornien: Heinz Berggruen and European Modernism in 1930s San Francisco Break (17:30–18:00) Evening Lecture Italian Art System and the Making of Art Museums in São Paulo in the Aftermath of World War II by Ana Magalhães (18:00–19:00) Friday, June 28, 9.30–15:45 Panel IV “Selling Outside of the Canon” (9:30–11:30)  Agata Ja kubowska : Women’s Art …

… Șerban featured in the issue Regional Resonances: In Search of the Transnational in Central Eastern European Art of the 1970s present an interconnected history of previously unexplored cross-border collaborations and friendships.   The second part of this special issue, with essays by Emese Kürti, Cristian Nae and Małgorzata Miśniakewicz, will come out in the second half of 2024 in ArtMargins Print published by MIT Press.   Link to the Special Issue: …

The motivations for the relocation of Central and Eastern European visual artists to urban centres in the interwar period often followed patterns: those with formal art training included travel as part of their curriculum, financed by various funds or grants; changes in political regimes forced others to leave their home countries for shorter or longer periods; and most enjoyed the help of personal, professional or political networks while …