Curating Socialism

Sven Spieker is professor of Russian and East European art and culture at the University of California, Santa Barbara.Polly Savage is senior lecturer in the art history of Africa at SOAS, University of London.Bojana Videkanić is associate professor of visual culture and contemporary art at the University of Waterloo.Christene d’Anca is a lecturer in the writing program at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

• AcknowledgmentsHow to Use this HandbookThematic Table of ContentsIntroductionSven Spieker, based on contributions from Delinda Collier, Zsuzsa László, Anneka Lenssen, Daniel Muzyczuk, Cristian Nae, Polly Savage, Gabriela Świtek, and Bojana Videkanić1. Paintings by National Artists of the USSR: Palace Žofín, Prague, April 12 – May 11, 1947 Milan Pech2. The Yugoslav Pavilion at the XXV Venice Biennale: National Pavilion of the Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia, Giardini della Biennale, Venice, June 3 – October 15, 1950Ana Ereš3. The Soviet Fine Arts Exhibition: All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society, New Delhi, March-April, 1952Sanjukta Sunderason4. Korea for Freedom: National Salon, Budapest, April 15 – late May 1953Douglas Gabriel and Adrienn Kácsor5. International Fine Arts Exhibitions at the 4th World Festival of Youth and Students: National Museum of Art, Bucharest, August 2 – August 16, 1953 Cristian Nae6. International Exhibition of Young Art at the 5th World Festival of Youth and Students for Peace and Friendship: Central Bureau of Art Exhibitions (Zachęta Gallery), Warsaw, August 3 – August 15, 1955Gabriela Świtek7. All-Poland Exhibition of Young Art Against War – Against Fascism: Arsenal, Warsaw, July 21 – September 15, 1955Gabriela Świtek8. Pablo Picasso: Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, October 26 – mid-November 1956Kirill Chunikhin10. The Exhibition of Socialist Countries: Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow, December 1958 – Spring 1959Matteo Bertelé9. People’s Republic of China Section, Art Exhibition of Socialist Countries: Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow, December 1958 – Spring 1959Christine I. Ho11. Soviet Exhibition of Science, Technology and Culture: New York Coliseum, New York City, June 30 – August 10, 1959Julia Bailey12. Iraqi Art Exhibition: State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow, July 21 – August 20, 1959 Olga Nefedova13. Czechoslovak Glass: Central Exhibition Hall [Manege], Moscow, August 1 – November 30, 1959 Terezie Nekvindová14. The Yugoslav Pavilion at the Turin International Labor Exhibition: Labor Palace [Palazzo del Lavoro], Turin, May 1 – October 31, 1961Vladimir Kulić15. Henry Moore: Ernst Museum, Budapest, October 21 – November 3, 1961Daniel Véri16. Cuban Painting: Mánes Exhibition Hall, Prague, April 20 – May 1962Ernesto Menendez17. Exposition of the Socialist Industrial Sector: Port of Algiers, Algeria, April 1964 Anneka Lenssen18. The Exhibition of Painting, Sculpture and Graphic Art from the GDR: Casa Scânteii, Bucharest, October 6 -November 1964Irina Cărăbaș19. The Biennial of the Baltic Sea Countries: Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock, 1965-1989 Elke Neumann20. Trends and Confrontations: Palais de Justice, First World Festival of Negro Arts, Dakar March 30 – April 24, 1966Joshua I. Cohen21. Czechoslovak Contemporary Art: Akademie der Künste, West-Berlin, July 17 – August 21, 1966 Terezie Nekvindová22. New Art of the Times of the October Revolution: Galeria Współczesna, Warsaw, September 29 – December 15, 1967 David Crowley23. Triennale of World Contemporary Art: Lalit Kala Academy and National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, February 10 – March 31, 1968Rashmi Viswanathan24. Aleksei Shmarinov: Soviet Cultural Center, Beirut, May 22 – May 24, 1968Masha Kirasirova 25. Rent Collection Courtyard: Palace of Culture, Tirana, April 28 – June, 1968Vivian Li26. The Tallinn Print Triennial: Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, July 22 – August 1, 1968 Wiktor Komorowski27. The Off-PANAF: Alternative Exhibits at the Pan-African Festival of Algiers, Algiers, Algeria, July 21 – August 1, 1969Paraska Tolan-Szkilnik28. St. Jauby—Jovanovics—Lakner—Miklós—Pauer—Tót (Budapeszt): Galeria Foksal, Warsaw, May 1972 Zsuzsa László29. The Meeting of Plastic Artists of the Southern Cone: Institute for Latin American Art, Santiago, May 3 and May 15, 1972Karen Benezra30. Renato Guttuso: Academy of Arts of the USSR, Moscow, October 19 – Mid-November 1972Matteo Bertelé31. Intergrafik 73: Altes Museum, Berlin [German Democratic Republic], July 28 – October 7, 1973Kathleen Reinhardt and Annabel Ruckdeschel32. 20 Realists from Soviet Latvia [IKI Third International Market for Contemporary Art]: Messegelände, Düsseldorf, September 29  October 7, 1973Ieva Astahovska33. Hu Xian Peasant Art Exhibition: China Art Gallery, Beijing, October 1 – October 20, 1973Angie Chang Baecker34. The People’s War of Liberation in the Work of Yugoslav Artists: La Galerie Mohamed Racim, Algiers, June 5 – June 30, 1975Bojana Videkanić35. Inji Efflatoun, Exhibition of Paintings: House of the Union of Artists of the USSR, Moscow, November 1975Maria Mileeva36. Constructivism in Poland, 1923-1936: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, January 30 – March 25, 1976Magdalena Moskalewicz37. Contemporary Art of Ghana: Museum of African Art, Belgrade, July 2 – August 5, 1980Nataša Jagdhuhn38. Afewerk Tekle: Socialist Ethiopia: Pushkin Museum, Moscow and Russian State Museum, Leningrad, September 1980Kate Cowcher39. Art Toward Social Development: An Exhibition of South African Art: Botswana National Museum and Art Gallery and the Anglican Cathedral, Gaborone, Botswana, June 10 – August 10, 1982Polly Savage40. Présences Polonaises. Living Art from the Łódź Museum. Witkiewicz. Constructivism, Contemporary Artists: Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, June 23 – September 26, 1983Daniel Muzyczuk41. Malangatana Valente Ngwenya: National Art Museum, Maputo, June 28 – July 20, 1986Richard Gray42. Art and Revolution. Russian-Soviet Art 1910-1932: Palace of Exhibitions, Budapest, November 5, 1987 – January. 17, 1988Eva Forgacs43. Third Havana Biennial: Havana, October 27 – December 31, 1989Delina Collier44. Stone Carving from Zimbabwe: Neue Berliner Galerie at Altes Museum, Berlin [German Democratic Republic], February 1 – February 19, 1989Romuald TchibozoGlossaryAuthor BiosIndex