It is the central exhibition of the Museum of Arts and Crafts in 2018 offering an overview of one of the key periods of recent Croatian history from 1958 to 1971. Then a constituent republic of the communist‑ruled Yugoslav federation, Croatia enjoyed an unprecedented economic boom in the 1960s. »
The 28th Brno Biennial opens a democratic platform to represent the complete scope of graphic design with all of its different meanderings and characteristics. In all sections of the exhibition, the curators intend to rely on support from experts in the individual disciplines and together create a stimulating and substantial whole to showcase graphic design in all of its forms. In addition, they wish to organise an event of relevance to all professions and disciplines closely tied with the graphic design phenomenon. »
Zoran Mušič (1909–2005) had already been an established Slovenian artist by the time he was deported to the Dachau concentration camp for several months in late 1944. The drawings he created there are harrowing documents of that time. »
Otto Wagner (1841–1918) is one of the most significant architects of the turn of the 20th century. His building projects – among them the Vienna city railway (Wiener Stadtbahn), the Postal Savings Bank (Postsparkasse), and the Kirche am Steinhof church – are regarded as milestones on the path from historicism to modernism. »
Bałkany obrosły stereotypami jak mało który region Europy. Już w XIX wieku stygmatyzowano tam wielkich i małych. Osmańską Turcję – „chorego człowieka Europy” – i dzielnie zrzucających jej jarzmo Serbów, Rumunów, Bułgarów czy Albańczyków. Widziano w nich „ludy bez historii”, zdane na łaskę i niełaskę mocarstw, niepotrafiące w pełni same o sobie stanowić.
Ece Temelkuran wrote a short guide for Western readers on Turkish politics, history and culture. That doesn”t mean however that we are dealing with a superficial book; on the contrary, Turkey: The Insane and the Melancholy is a captivating essay on the formation of a contemporary authoritarian state. »
This exhibition is devoted to people engaged in underground work during World War II as part of the Krakow branch of the Polish Council to Aid Jews (Żegota). The exhibition currently presented in Oskar Schindler’s Factory, a branch of the Historical Museum, expands upon the themes present in the permanent exhibition Kraków under Nazi Occupation 1939–1945. »
Contrary to what is commonly feared in Poland, the interlocutors do not usually mean “Polish camps” nor suggest that Auschwitz, Treblinka or Majdanek were run by Poles. This is the view of a handful of dunces. »
The exhibition Szczecin Avant‑garde gathers the works of contemporary artists associated with the Department of Painting and New Media of the Fine Arts Academy in Szczecin, who are working through the ideas of classic avant‑garde. It is presented within the frame‑ work of the local context, specifically the history of two institutions that originated from the urban middle class – the museum and art school. Opposition to these two institutions and the ensuing reform were the basis of the avant‑garde project of the early 20th century. »
The exhibition presenting the Museum’s full collection of works by Stanisław Wyspiański (1869–1907). The collection of over 900 works by an artist who was one of Poland’s most eminent artists, making paintings, drawings, and graphics, and also a poet, playwright, set designer, and theatre reformer. The collection has unrivalled artistic value and is second to no other collection of Wyspiański’s works in Poland and abroad. »
