Treating a virus: Russian dissident art in exileOctober 28, 2025George Milne explores the exhibition "Artists Against the Kremlin" that allowed Russian dissidents to express their distinct position on the war in Ukraine and the pain of exile through art.
Art, politics, and everything in between: “Nijolė” at the 2025 goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European FilmMay 14, 2025Marianna Jaśniak reviews "Nijolė", a minimalist, impressionist narrative on the Lithuanian-Colombian artist Nijolė and her politician son.
Between Lenin and Atatürk: How statues tell the story of GagauziaDecember 13, 2024Bram Jongejan explores how statues tell the story of the Autonomous Region of Gagauzia in southern Moldova.
Soviet mosaics in Central Asia: The stories of Bishkek, Osh and DushanbeNovember 20, 2024Pieter Wijfker examines the legacy of Soviet mosaics in Central Asia, finishing with Bishkek, Osh, and Dushanbe.
Soviet Mosaics in Central Asia: The stories of Tashkent and AlmatyOctober 1, 2024Pieter Wijfker examines the legacy of Soviet mosaics in Central Asia, starting with the cities of Almaty and Tashkent.
“The essence of Georgian fine art of the postmodern period”: The legacy of Soviet Georgian mosaicsSeptember 23, 2024Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning shares some of her favourite Soviet Georgian mosaics in this article highlighting their history (and neglect)
7 women in Ukrainian cultureMarch 1, 2024osTraum's Aleksej Tikhonov looks at the lives of 7 women who have impacted Ukrainian culture, from Maria Prymachenko to Lesya Ukrainka
A strange walk through Vitebsk in search of the elusive traces of Marc Chagall’s villageJanuary 26, 2024Ignacio Hutin travels to Vitebsk, Belarus to uncover the city's relationship with the early modernist Marc Chagall
Journey to the UFO of Buzludzha, the frozen Communist monument in the mountains of BulgariaJanuary 15, 2024Ignacio Hutin describes his journey to one of the most isolated Communist monuments constructed — Bulgaria's Buzludzha
(De)Politicization of an era: Architectural heritage in Central and Eastern EuropeNovember 7, 2023Lance Bradley looks at how ideology and art are conceived through photography and architectural heritage in Central and Eastern Europe