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ARTMargins Online: Exhibition Reviews

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 by Jelena Sofronijevic ·

Edita Schubert: Profusion

Edita Schubert: Profusion, Muzeum Susch, Susch, December 13, 2025 –  May 24, 2026

Edita Schubert (1947–2001) never showed “old work”: each exhibition in her lifetime presented new projects and research.(Leonida Kovač, in “Edita Schubert,” Trikultura, November 4, 2015. Video, 28:14. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JbylBV43t0) This poses a particular challenge to the curator of a survey exhibition or retrospective—how to remain practice-led and present an artist’s living histories, attentive to the conditions of production and display, in their absence? A series of rooms dedicated to Schubert’s studio practice are central to (if not first in) Profusion at Muzeum Susch, the artist’s … Read more

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ARTMargins Online: Interviews / Conference

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 by Julia Tatiana Bailey, Kathleen Reinhardt, Christopher Williams-Wynn ·

Revolutionary Romances: Into the Cold – Alternative Artistic Trajectories into (Post-) Communist Europe

On October 13, 2022, the Albertinum at the Dresden State Art Collections hosted an international conference entitled “Revolutionary Romances: Into the Cold – Alternative Artistic Trajectories into (Post-)Communist Europe.” The conference sought to question the simplistic East-to-West “defection” narrative of the post-war art worlds, and to explore the multiple alternative directions of travel by artists during the Cold War. Participants discussed why artists working in and beyond the West decided to enter the communist space, and considered the unexpected results of these subversive movements.

Following the conference, Christopher Williams-Wynn, a PhD candidate at Harvard University and one of the conference … Read more

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Resources for Artists and Scholars Forced to Flee Ukraine

In support of artists, scholars, and all people forced to flee Ukraine because of the Russian invasion of the country, the editorial collective of ARTMargins Online is compiling a growing list of resources (primarily art- and research-related), including residencies, fellowships,  internships, and emergency funds. We will continue to update this list as we become aware of new opportunities and resources. Please let us know of additional resources by contacting us through this online form.

For Scholars

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