In November 1949, during the Zjazd w Wiśle art symposium, new rules for socialist realism were announced – in which ‘truth and historical accuracy must artistically uncover and link with the larger ...

And yet, especially these days, it can be difficult to shake a sense of homogenizing nostalgia that transforms what was a lively and contested cultural milieu into a blur of burly bodies and simple ...

The document is regarded as the final confirmation of the introduction of the doctrine of socialist realism into Polish architecture (which, for example, had been introduced into the visual arts a few ...

Some encountering those oddities may find themselves surprised: Socialist Realism-and its battle with Abstract Expressionism-dominates Western narratives about art from this region and this period, ...

This approach helped shape the New Realism movement, transforming perceptions of painting and viewer interaction with art. Jenney’s work brought together idealism and realism in innovative ways, and ...

The Nobel Prize-winning novelist celebrates Zbigniew Herbert, whose defiant work proved that even the darkest times call for ...

For museums and their public, Impressionism is the Goldilocks movement: not too old or too new, not too challenging or too ...

Contemporary Istanbul showcases over 800 artworks from around the globe, highlighting the vital role of art as a form of soft power in fostering ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login Socialist Realism in Central and Eastern European Literatures' is the first published work to offer a variety of alternative perspectives ...

In the novel, it’s destruction, desolation, complete annihilation of a social world ... s debate over whether Mr. Rulfo’s ...

Ann Magnuson and Susan Seidelman with "Making Mr. Right," Robert Frank and Rudy Wurlitzer's "Candy Mountain" and a Nicole ...