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Pyzik: The visual arts in Poland are finally starting to engage with the country’s history and politics
Polish art, rather than being simply an entertainment for the rich, is engaging with politics and the country’s history – and is much more interesting as a result. It is not mere épater les bourgeois – Polish visual arts challenge society on a much deeper level than Polish film or literature. Agata Pyzik in ‘The Guardian‘.
Sierakowski: Poland should reinvent itself as the bridge between east and west
Poland’s old anti-Russian prejudices are preventing it from finding its true place in Europe. Sławomir Sierakowski in „The Guardian” Continue reading
Graff: Polish feminism is no longer ridiculed
The Polish government’s new commitment to gender equality is a triumph for the feminist movement’s strategic change of focus. Agnieszka Graff in „The Guardian”. Continue reading
New Statesman on PC inauguration
Sierakowski wants to resurrect the kind of intelligentsia that set itself in opposition to the ruling elite of eastern Europe during the 19th century – Daniel Trilling in New Statesman.
