Nationalism
Exhibitionspreview
In old photographs seen anew, Dor Guez brings the multiplicity of history into focus
The artist’s largest institutional show to date, at the Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, taps into universal themes, often by way of deeply personal images
Museums in the changing world order: the rise of authoritarian nationalism
In the third part of a new series, Adrian Ellis looks at the cost of state support in illiberal democracies and the insidious erosion of institutional independence
Booksreview
How the Mexican Stridentist movement tried to build a national identity following the Civil War
Art and social action after the Mexican Revolution
Politicsnews
Polish art world calls on national museum to stage 'major international show' against fascism
An open letter to Krakow institution asks for exhibition to counter rise of the right in Poland
Interviewarchive
Interview with Robert Storr, director of the 2007 Venice Biennale: "I would recommend dramatically increasing the number of national pavilions"
In the second part of our interview with Storr, he considers the question of how to make the historic event truly representative of today’s global art world
Antiquities & Archaeologyarchive
Archaeological reforms needed in source countries: Reward the finder, excavate faster, keep what is important but allow a licit market
Laws now are obsessed with the objects rather than the sites