This summer, the New Museum will present “Ostalgia,” an exhibition that brings together the work of more than thirty artists from twenty countries across Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Republics alonside Western European artist who have depicted their own Easter interpretations. The exhibition takes its title from the German word ostalgie, a term that emerged in the 1990s to describe a sense of longing and nostalgia for the era before the collapse of the Communist Bloc. This exhibition focuses on personal narratives surround... Read more

This summer, the New Museum will present “Ostalgia,” an exhibition that brings together the work of more than thirty artists from twenty countries across Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Republics alonside Western European artist who have depicted their own Easter interpretations. The exhibition takes its title from the German word ostalgie, a term that emerged in the 1990s to describe a sense of longing and nostalgia for the era before the collapse of the Communist Bloc. This exhibition focuses on personal narratives surrounds aspects of life during and after the Communist regime in post-Soviet countries.