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 ]
"Arche" reacts to being censored yet again; "Merkur" sees Russia turn from historical amnesia to gothic morality; "Kulturos barai" comments on the Kundera case; "Blätter" solves Obama's dilemma; "Ny Tid" finds the Turkish PM more Bush than Obama; "Host" talks to the referee of American poetry; and "Critique & Humanism" surveys modern Bulgarian philosophy.
is a staff writer for Magyar Narancs
François Fejtö (1908-2008)
Renowned Hungarian-French intellectual François Fejtö died on 2 June. Well into his nineties, François (or Ferenc) Fejtö remained an unassumingly honest thinker whose refreshing common sense and European viewpoint made him a matchless figure on the Left. [more]
Feed