While little progress was made toward resolving long-standing politico-cultural issues, such as ownership of artworks confiscated in World War II and nationalist tendencies in flagship cultural institutions, the year ended on a bright note with the emergence of another Nobel Prize-winning poet from Eastern Europeby JAN CLEAVE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM HAS IT THAT culture and politics do not mix well. But, […]

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