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Curating Socialism: A Handbook of International Art Exhibitions 1947-1989

Curating Socialism: A Handbook of International Art Exhibitions 1947-1989

Savage, Polly
Videkanic, Bojana
Spieker, Sven

Hardcover

General ReferenceEastern European History

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ISBN10: 1487552963
ISBN13: 9781487552961
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: Jun 2 2026
Pages: 448
Language: English

Curating Socialism takes a rare look into the world of international art exhibitions organized by socialist states between 1947-1989.

The handbook examines the mechanisms, relationships, and international agreements that enabled the organization of officially sponsored and state-organized art exhibitions after the Second World War. Apart from viewing such exhibitions as instances of Cold War diplomacy and propaganda, this book proposes a shift in the way readers view the Cold War, away from an emphasis on separation and opposition to a focus on cultural exchange and international solidarity. Throughout the book, art historians and visual culture experts provide contextual information about the main institutional actors who were responsible for organizing these exhibitions, and the personal as well as institutional or diplomatic channels involved in their hosting and curation. Despite their many differences, the shows explored in this book gesture to the notion of a socialist curatorial aesthetic in the shadow of the Cold War.

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