Ukraine’s Modernist Storm
A new exhibition at the Royal Academy of artwork rescued from the Russian bombardment of Kyiv aims to carve out a Ukrainian story from the complex history of Soviet avant-garde art.
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Agata Pyzik
Agata Pyzik is the author of Poor But Sexy: Culture Clashes in Europe East and West (Zero, 2014). She lives in Warsaw.
Drawing Home
A new investigation reveals the true story behind one of the most famous photographs of the Second World War, and the socialist photographer who captured it.
A Letter from Warsaw
In Poland’s bleak post-Communist politics, nationalists are increasingly defeating the neoliberals by identifying themselves with popular interests.
Sex and Socialism
Communist Czechoslovakia developed radical ideas about sexuality and women’s equality.