Open Call for Art Critics: How to Write About  Cold War Heritage in the Contemporary Context?Mentorship: Kathrin Heinrich & Kate SuttonWorkshop dates: 11.11. & 12.11.2024Deadline: 25.10.2024 We invite art critics, curators, art historians, heritage researchers, and other cultural professionals from Europe* to apply for a specialized training program focused on writing about Contemporary art against the backdrop of (Vienna’s) Cold-War heritage like policies, monuments, and architectural and cultural sites. Participants will enhance their skills in critically analyzing and interpreting art and cultural heritage connected to the Cold-War period. Over two days, two experts

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With this call, we invite visual and performing artists to take part in the Creative Europe project (In)visible traces. Artistic memories of the cold war realized by BLOCKFREI – Association for Culture and Communication in partnership with Documenta – Center for Dealing with the Past (Croatia), Erkenntnis durch Erinnerung e.V. (Bautzner Straße Dresden), ARAC – Association for Contemporary Art in Bucharest (Romania), Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb (Croatia) and the artist Andrea Kulundzic. The project deals with the historical, political, social and cultural aspects of the Cold War period, focusing on the memory of marginalized and forgotten cultural heritage sites.

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