This is an extract of a longer preface that I have written for Michaela Janečková and Irena Lehkoživová’s new book,…
The Aura of the Avant-garde
Agnieszka Pindera at the Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź is leading a research project into Échange entre artistes 1931–1982, Pologne-USA, a…
Television Lies!
This is an extract of a longer essay commissioned by Karol Hordziej and Daniel Muzyczuk for a book to accompany…
Forecast and Fantasy: Architecture without Borders, 1960s to 1980s
This exhibition was mounted at the Estonian Museum of Architecture, in spring 2023. Curated by Andres Kurg and Mari Laanemets,…
Unknown Pleasures: Tyszkiewicz’s Films
This essay on Teresa Tyszkiewicz’s extraordinary films is due for publication in a book edited by Zofia Machnicka in 2023.…
Super America: Polish Artists and Consumer Lifestyle
This is a link to a video of a lecture given in Poznan in spring 2023 at a excellent symposium…
Wanda Czełkowska
In early 2023, I was invited to write a short analysis of Wanda Czełkowska’s ‘Black Frieze’ for the retrospective exhibition…
A Widening Gyre: Paul Neagu and British Art in the 1970s
This is an extract from a much longer essay on the reception of Romanian artist Paul Neagu in the UK,…
Henryk Stażewski. Late Style
I curated this show for the Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź in spring-summer 2023 with the close and very expert support…
The Publicity of the Private: Performance in Public in Eastern Europe in the 1970s
This is a short essay that will be published in Polish later this year. It sketches ideas and themes that…
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