Dorota Jagoda Michalska Read Bio Collapse
Dorota Jagoda Michalska is an art writer, researcher, and critic. She has written for ArtMargins, L’Internationale, Afterall, Kajet Journal, and Post.Moma. She has also contributed to catalogues for the Venice Biennale (2019), the Biennale Matter of Art in Prague (2022), and the Zachęta National Gallery in Warsaw (2023). She is currently a visiting fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) in Vienna.
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The relationship between Poland and Ukraine remains an ambiguous and vexed one. The border between the two countries embodies and replicates multiple divisions that continue to split the region, but also bind it in an indissoluble knot. The war in Ukraine, like past conflicts, has created a political alliance rooted in shared priorities and a deep-seated fear of Russian expansionism and imperialism. However, this solidarity is fragile and, as Warsaw’s ban on Ukrainian grain makes abundantly clear, subject to national political and economic interests.