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Dorian Batycka

Dorian Batycka is an independent curator, art critic, and DJ currently
based Berlin. Previously, he was curator of contemporary art at Bait
Muzna for Art Film (Muscat, Oman), assistant curator for the first
ever Maldives National Pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale, and has
contributed to numerous publications including Art and Education,
Frieze Blog, Selections, and Nero. He can be found on Twitter and Instagram, @temp_projects.

Posted inFilm

The Wisdom of The Sopranos 14 Years Later

Avatar photo by Dorian Batycka September 19, 2021September 19, 2021

“The impossibility of reforming Tony [Soprano] bears some resemblance to the crisis plaguing museums and toxic philanthropy today, where a culture of bullying and exploitation belies programming of socially- and politically-engaged art.”

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Belarusian Police Raid Homes of Curators, Detaining Five

Avatar photo by Dorian Batycka May 26, 2021May 31, 2021

A Belarusian art exhibition untangling the country’s response to the coronavirus was closed by authorities this March, leading to the arrest of several of its organizers.

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Anticipating Escalating Violence, DC Arts Organization Postponed Display of Blood-drenched White House

Avatar photo by Dorian Batycka January 7, 2021January 12, 2021

Last month, CulturalDC postponed its projection of a bloody artwork by Andrei Molodkin, which floods an acrylic model of the White House using blood donated by US citizens.

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Art and Creative Acts That Were Censored in 2020

Avatar photo by Dorian Batycka January 1, 2021December 31, 2020

Human rights experts have expressed distress that the pandemic has increased attacks against free speech, LBGTQ+ rights, and peaceful assembly.

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Artist Accuses Azerbaijani Art Center of Using His Work as “Propaganda Tool”

Avatar photo by Dorian Batycka November 2, 2020November 5, 2020

Ahmet Öğüt demanded the Yarat Contemporary Art Center remove his work after it featured the exhibition banner in a post using the hashtag #KarabakhIsAzerbaijan.

Posted inArt

Zehra Doğan’s Graphic Novel Details Her Harrowing Experience in Prison

Avatar photo by Dorian Batycka October 28, 2020November 2, 2021

Accused of propaganda for depicting destruction by Turkish military forces, Doğan’s graphic novel about her experience is now on display for the first time.

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Art and Creative Acts That Were Censored in 2019

Avatar photo by Dorian Batycka January 7, 2020January 31, 2020

Freedom of speech and creativity continued to face acute threats in 2019, but artists and curators continue to be at the forefront of the dangerous but necessary work of driving social change.

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Polish Art Community Rebuffs Ministry of Culture’s Controversial Choice for a Museum Director

Avatar photo by Dorian Batycka November 6, 2019

After ousting the previous director, the ministry plans to hire a new director without the customary open call process. The nominee, Piotr Bernatowicz, has been accused of misogyny and anti-Semitism.

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Kara Walker Satirizes Britain’s Public Sculptures with a Monument to Trans-Atlantic Slavery

Avatar photo by Dorian Batycka October 7, 2019October 7, 2019

Kara Walker upends the Tate Modern with a massive fountain, renewing the debate about the nature of public monuments in the heart of violent empire.

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Poland’s Ministry of Culture Again Accused of Trying to Control Progressive Institution

Avatar photo by Dorian Batycka September 24, 2019

Poland’s current rightwing Minister of Culture, Piotr Gliński, is attempting to replace the director of a major cultural institution with a ministry-appointed one.

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Links Between Bullets and Herbicides Are in the Crosshairs of Forensic Architecture

Avatar photo by Dorian Batycka September 20, 2019September 20, 2019

In this Warsaw exhibition, the investigative research group shows that the destruction of land can expedite acts of violence upon the people who inhabit it.

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Entering the Echo Chamber of the Alt-Right

Avatar photo by Dorian Batycka September 19, 2019

In Germany, an exhibition seeks to explain the rapid rise of the alt-right.

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