‘social history’

Infrastructures of Selling Modern and Contemporary Art in Socialism and Postsocialism We invite proposals for a forthcoming edited volume that critically examines the infrastructures of art markets in Central and Eastern Europe during and after the socialist era. This peer-reviewed volume aims to shed light on the diverse systems that enabled the production, distribution, and exchange of modern and contemporary art, not only through established …

… political movements, intellectual circles or actors generated by private (family, friends) social capital. The social relations of modern metropolises were shaped by industrialisation, urbanisation, changing conditions of work and leisure, developing infrastructure, housing shortages and emerging platforms of the public sphere. We invite researchers who explore this interaction between artistic production, emigration and the urban space from aspects including but not limited to: …