The birdcage was perfected in communist Hungary. In 1972, István Haraszty outfitted a parakeet dwelling with a sophisticated surveillance system that opened the door when the inhabitant was idle and ...

Karol Radziszewski began his art publication DIK Fagazine in 2005, and has since delved into the little-known queer archives of former Soviet Union countries. DIK Fagazine gradually evolved from a ...

The Walker Art Center stages a rare survey of the courageous work that bloomed in the Eastern bloc, as artists struggled against state repression. By Jason Farago Reporting from the Walker Art Center ...

The Vancouver Art Gallery will present Multiple Realities: Experimental Art in the Eastern Bloc, 1960s–1980s, a major survey that brings together over 100 artists from six Central Eastern European ...

Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4277960/4277961" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Two ...

Mass housing in post-war socialist countries was a quick and effective way to provide homes for the expanding city populations after WWII, but after the collapse of the Soviet Bloc the fate of these ...