Art and Politics During the Cold War: Poland and the Netherlands (Routledge Research in Art and Politics)

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Acronyms and Abbreviations
List of Archives and Archival Collections
Introduction
1. Uneasy Beginnings (1947–1956)
	“Nederland-Polen” as a Front Organisation of the Communist Authorities in Poland
	First Attempts at Exhibition Exchange between Poland and the Netherlands
	Exhibiting Polish Folk Art in the Netherlands
	Caught between a Rock and a Hard Place
	Commemorating Mickiewicz in the Netherlands and Rembrandt in Poland
	Informal Diplomacy through Personal Mobility
	Other Forms of International Cultural Exchange and Policy
2. Towards the Cultural Agreement (1956–1967)
	A Gradual Shift in the Dutch International Cultural Policy towards Poland
	Is It Sheer Incompetence, or Is He Maybe a Communist Agent?
	Polish Artistic Invasion in the Netherlands
	Between Rembrandt and Van Gogh – Exhibiting Dutch Art in Poland
	Other Forms of Cultural Exchange between Poland and the Netherlands
	Towards the Cultural Agreement
3. Détente, but First the Year of Revolt (1968–1979)
	1968 in Poland
	The Impact of the 1968 Events on Cultural Relations
	Polish Counter Measures
	The Delayed Implementation of the Cultural Agreement
	Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe and its Impact on Polish-Dutch Cultural Relations
4. The Last Decade (1979–1989)
	Bilateral Relations before 13 December 1981
	The World and The Hague React to the Polish Crisis
	Towards Normalisation
Conclusions
References
Annex: Cultural Agreement between the Government of the Polish People’s Republic and the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Index