The Guggenheim foundation and the rhetoric of cultural planning in Vilnius
The fact that a Guggenheim museum is being planned for Vilnius is indicative of the conviction that "de-provincialization" can only be achieved by taking part in global projects. Meanwhile, the cultural demands of the local population go unheeded. [Bulgarian version added] [ more ]
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is a research fellow at the Universität der Künste, Berlin, and teaches at the Center for Metropolitan Studies at the TU, Berlin.
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