Mămăligă de Varșovia
Mămăligă de Varșovia (“Warsaw Bitter Maize Porridge” – on their second issue) does not exist solely on paper, but is the product a socially engaged and culturally active collective.
Szum
In October 2016, Revista ARTA editor Cristina Bogdan travels to Prague and Brno for 2 weeks, where she also meets Karolina Plinta, editor-in-chief of Szum. Together with Artalk.cz editor Klára Peloušková and Artportal.hu editor Gergely Nagy, they decide to create a network among their publications.
With the support of AFCN, East Art Mags, the residency program for young East European art critics, kicks off in March 2017. It links Revista ARTA, Artalk.cz, Artportal.hu and Szum.
As part of the program, Polish writers visit Bucharest and Cluj, and write about the local scenes, whilst contributors of Revista ARTA travel to Warsaw to discover the artworld there.
Safari in a Henhouse. The Gallery Scene of Bucharest
In Bucharest the gallery scene and the city itself are a perfect match.
Meeting the Stars
A fragmentary survey of the young art scene in Warsaw, Katowice and Krakow, as seen between May 29th and June 14th.
Historiophilia, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Polishness
Yet another attempt to hastily map out Polish national identity through a few interesting exhibitions.
I Wanted to Cut Myself Off From the Past and Instead I Cut Myself. I Bet We All Wish It Weren’t So!
A discussion of several exhibitions about Polishness.
Wrestling in the mud. Notes on Romanian painting
Traditional painting infused with some gentle western influence can go side by side with a projection of an exotic country filled with depressing aura out of Herta Müller’s books. Perfect for export.
Exhibitions Galore. Part I: Warsaw and Silesia
Our resident in Poland writes about exhibitions she saw that engaged with the generous topic of interaction between man, matter, technology and landscape.
Munți de căcat. Tales from the worst part of Europe
A critical report about the art scenes in Bucharest and Cluj from our resident from Szum Magazyn.
Making art, not politics
An interview with MNAC director Călin Dan by our critic in residency from Poland.