The history of the Roma and Sinti in Poland and Europe is that of marginalization, exclusion, misrepresentation, and persecution.
Viktor Witkowski
Born in Poland, Viktor Witkowski is a painter and filmmaker who lived in Germany, France, and the U.S. before moving to Vermont where he teaches, makes art, and writes on Same Old Art. He is currently based in Vermont and Leipzig, Germany.
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Making Art as a Form of Resistance
The Discomfort of Evening demonstrates that in the face of unprecedented local and global turmoil young Polish artists see hope and opportunities for art.
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What Is It Like to Be an Artist in Warsaw Today?
Warsaw Gallery Weekend and Fringe Warszawa hope to offer long-term solutions for a thriving art scene in Warsaw when skyrocketing inflation and a lack of affordable studio spaces have become the new norm.
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An Open Letter to Piotr Bernatowicz, the Director of the Ujazdowski Castle Center for Art
Mr. Bernatowicz, in your introductory text you talk about the need for honesty, the disease of hypocrisy, overreaching governments. You do not fulfill a single one of your own ideals.
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When a Survey Show of Contemporary German Painting … Isn’t One
The curators of Now! Young Painting in Germany have to ask themselves how a survey of German contemporary painting justifies a disproportionate representation of certain art academies.
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Five Decades of Feminist Art from Across Eastern Europe
States of Focus is a powerful testimony to contemporary women artists who have endured and continue to endure assaults on their self-determination.