The Blind Spot of Swedish Art World Exceptionalism
A small and comfortable cultural elite, convinced of their own progressive values, retains authorship over Sweden’s consensus-driven identity.
A small and comfortable cultural elite, convinced of their own progressive values, retains authorship over Sweden’s consensus-driven identity.
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Winds of change blew across Freetown Christiania this year, bringing Kunstkritikk’s editor in Copenhagen hope that Danish art will one day be renewed there.
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A small gnome hiding inside a fountain pump sent Kunstkritikk’s Norwegian editor, Stian Gabrielsen, into a nostalgic fit.
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