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
