Safari in a Henhouse. The Gallery Scene of Bucharest
In Bucharest the gallery scene and the city itself are a perfect match.
Debates
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.
“Tell them about me”
An interview with the actress Mihaela Drăgan.
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.
The Ecology of the Mid
An interview with Sebastian Big about the meaning of "an organic tactics of a bio-bourgeois poetics."
Exploring the myth of Cluj and other stories (II)
For his first visit to Cluj, Artportal.hu editor-in-chief Gergely Nagy sets out on a Gonzo style exploration of the local art world.