The sound recording of the workshop “Questioning the great divide(s) during the Cold War: a tool box for a transnational history of art” (Universitat de Barcelona, 6-7 March 2018) are now available in our multimedia section.
Cold War
Between diplomacy and dissidence: politics of exhibition and curatorial positioning during the Cold War
This seminar (13 December 2017 in Barcelona) aims to generate a debate around the importance of exhibition policies and curatorial practices, in order to understand the cultural dynamics of a period in which the geopolitical scene needed all the means available to transmit new stories.
Engagement in times of revolt: the political stakes of international art criticism during the Cold War
This symposium organized in Rennes by the PRISME program in collaboration with MoDe(s) addresses the multiple crossings between the practice of criticism, art and politics since 1945, contemplating the art critic as a political actor that interacted with changing historical and geographical contexts.
CFP for REG|AC journal: “Cold War networks and circulations”
Until May 5th, we accept proposals for the special issue of REG|AC journal (Winter 2017), about “Cold War networks and circulations: Cross-cultural Dialogues and Practices throughout the Global South (1957-1991)”. Spread the word!
Expanded histories: Ways of narrating in the cultural Cold War
This doctoral seminal proposes to reflect on the practices of narration developped through the arts during the Cold War period (1947-1991) or in relation to it. On Wednesday April 19th at the Facultad de Geografía e Historia de la Universitat de Barcelona.
Diverging Gazes: Art, Politics, Coloniality and their Transnational Networks
Assuming a plural conception of modernity and seeking to decentralize the Paris-New York axis, this research seminar presents a multifocal analysis of art in the transatlantic axis during the Cold War, through a keynote speech and the presentation of three doctoral projects.
MoDe(s)’s Library: an expanding project
Visit MoDe(s) Library! Conceived both as a working tool and an open window on the group’s ongoing research, it presents a selection of publications around issues like modernity, post-colonial thinking, Cold War history, art and politics.
Artistic practices and models of political resistance between the Atlantic and the Pacific
SeminarArt practices and models of political resistance between the Atlantic and the PacificAula Magna, Facultad de Geografía e Historia, Universidad de Barcelona, 18 November 2015, 9.45 – 14.00 On the basis of various case studies, this symposium wants to study the ways modernism and modernity (considered representatives of a colonial structure of thinking) served as … Continue reading Artistic practices and models of political resistance between the Atlantic and the Pacific
