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Cold War Art Worlds: In conversation with Simone Wille, Przemysław Strożek and Aleksei Borisionok
Event by: Akademie výtvarných umění v Praze, Lidice Art Collection
Location: Galerie AVU, Veletržní 63, Praha 7
Discussions and lectures
About event
✨ We cordially invite you on Thursday, May 28, 2026 at 18:00 to the debate "Cold War Art Worlds: a debate that will take place in the premises of AVU Veletržní, Veletržní 61, Prague 7.
~~~for English please see below~~~
🎤 Simone Wille (University of Innsbruck), Przemysław Strożek (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden), Aleksei Borisionok, Vít Havránek (AVU), Miloslav Vorlíček (Lidická sbírka úméní)
🇬🇧 The event is held exclusively in English.
🤝 The Lidická sbírka úméní (LSU) in cooperation with the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (AVU) is organizing a discussion evening on the occasion of the Czech publication of Simone Wille's book "Cold War Art Worlds: South Asian Art and Artists in Prague, 1947–1989" (Leuven University Press, 2025). The book deals with the circulation of South Asian artists and works of art through Prague in the years 1947–1989, during the so-called Cold War.
🗣️ Three cultural professionals whose research directly touches on the topics covered in the book "Cold War Art Worlds: South Asian Art and Artists in Prague, 1947–1989" will speak at the event. The topics of the debate will be transregional modernism, solidarity art collections and the cultural politics of the Cold War. Simone Wille is a researcher at the Department of Art History at the University of Innsbruck. Przemysław Strożek is a researcher and curator at the Archives of the Avant-Garde of the State Collections Dresden (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden) and a member of the Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Aleksei Borisionok is an independent curator, writer and organizer based in Vienna, member of the art-research group Problem Collective and the work group Work Hard! Play Hard!. He is currently on a fellowship at the Vera List Center in New York. In 2024, he was one of the curators of the biennial Matter of Art 2024 in Prague. The event will be presented jointly by PhDr. Vít Havránek, Ph.D., vice-rector for cooperation and foreign activities of AVU, and Miloslav Vorlíček, curator and registrar of LSU, who will moderate the evening.
📹 The event will be recorded for later publication on the YouTube channel of the Lidice Art Collection.
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✨ Join us for the "Cold War Art Worlds: In conversation" at the AVU Veletržní, Veletržní 61, Prague 7. The event takes place on Thursday, 28 May 2026, at 6 pm.
🎤 Simone Wille (University of Innsbruck), Przemysław Strożek (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden), Aleksei Borisionok, Vít Havránek (AVU), Miloslav Vorlíček (Lidice Art Collection)
🇬🇧 The event is held in English only. 2025). The book examines the circulation of South Asian artists and artworks through Prague during the Cold War period, 1947–1989.
🗣️ The conversation brings together three scholars whose research engages directly with the book's themes of transregional modernism, solidarity collections, and Cold War cultural politics. Simone Wille is a Senior Scientist at the Department of Art History, University of Innsbruck. Przemysław Strożek is Associate Researcher and Curator at the Archive of Avant-gardes at the Dresden State Collections, and a member of the Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Aleksei Borisionok is a curator, writer, and organizer based in Vienna, a member of the artistic-research group Problem Collective and the Work Hard! Play Hard! working group, and currently a fellow at the Vera List Center in New York. He served as one of the curators of the Matter of Art Biennale 2024 in Prague. The event will be introduced by Dr Vít Havránek, Vice-Rector for Partnerships and International Affairs, AVU and moderated by Miloslav Vorlíček, Curator and Registrar, LAC.
📹 The event will be recorded for the Lidice Art Collection's YouTube channel.
📖 Learn more about the book: https://lup.be/book/cold-war-art-worlds/
🌐For more info visit: https://lidice.art/programme/cold-war
~~~for English please see below~~~
🎤 Simone Wille (University of Innsbruck), Przemysław Strożek (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden), Aleksei Borisionok, Vít Havránek (AVU), Miloslav Vorlíček (Lidická sbírka úméní)
🇬🇧 The event is held exclusively in English.
🤝 The Lidická sbírka úméní (LSU) in cooperation with the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (AVU) is organizing a discussion evening on the occasion of the Czech publication of Simone Wille's book "Cold War Art Worlds: South Asian Art and Artists in Prague, 1947–1989" (Leuven University Press, 2025). The book deals with the circulation of South Asian artists and works of art through Prague in the years 1947–1989, during the so-called Cold War.
🗣️ Three cultural professionals whose research directly touches on the topics covered in the book "Cold War Art Worlds: South Asian Art and Artists in Prague, 1947–1989" will speak at the event. The topics of the debate will be transregional modernism, solidarity art collections and the cultural politics of the Cold War. Simone Wille is a researcher at the Department of Art History at the University of Innsbruck. Przemysław Strożek is a researcher and curator at the Archives of the Avant-Garde of the State Collections Dresden (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden) and a member of the Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Aleksei Borisionok is an independent curator, writer and organizer based in Vienna, member of the art-research group Problem Collective and the work group Work Hard! Play Hard!. He is currently on a fellowship at the Vera List Center in New York. In 2024, he was one of the curators of the biennial Matter of Art 2024 in Prague. The event will be presented jointly by PhDr. Vít Havránek, Ph.D., vice-rector for cooperation and foreign activities of AVU, and Miloslav Vorlíček, curator and registrar of LSU, who will moderate the evening.
📹 The event will be recorded for later publication on the YouTube channel of the Lidice Art Collection.
~~~En~~~
✨ Join us for the "Cold War Art Worlds: In conversation" at the AVU Veletržní, Veletržní 61, Prague 7. The event takes place on Thursday, 28 May 2026, at 6 pm.
🎤 Simone Wille (University of Innsbruck), Przemysław Strożek (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden), Aleksei Borisionok, Vít Havránek (AVU), Miloslav Vorlíček (Lidice Art Collection)
🇬🇧 The event is held in English only. 2025). The book examines the circulation of South Asian artists and artworks through Prague during the Cold War period, 1947–1989.
🗣️ The conversation brings together three scholars whose research engages directly with the book's themes of transregional modernism, solidarity collections, and Cold War cultural politics. Simone Wille is a Senior Scientist at the Department of Art History, University of Innsbruck. Przemysław Strożek is Associate Researcher and Curator at the Archive of Avant-gardes at the Dresden State Collections, and a member of the Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Aleksei Borisionok is a curator, writer, and organizer based in Vienna, a member of the artistic-research group Problem Collective and the Work Hard! Play Hard! working group, and currently a fellow at the Vera List Center in New York. He served as one of the curators of the Matter of Art Biennale 2024 in Prague. The event will be introduced by Dr Vít Havránek, Vice-Rector for Partnerships and International Affairs, AVU and moderated by Miloslav Vorlíček, Curator and Registrar, LAC.
📹 The event will be recorded for the Lidice Art Collection's YouTube channel.
📖 Learn more about the book: https://lup.be/book/cold-war-art-worlds/
🌐For more info visit: https://lidice.art/programme/cold-war