The Dissensus Index

Summer 2026 · No. 1

A quarterly record of art controversy

This issue · Lead essay

What Hungary keeps predicting

State capture of cultural institutions as a leading indicator. Hungary's post-2010 playbook has appeared in country after country — and the docket knows what comes next.

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Pattern of the quarter

Legal cases resolve. Governance fights fester.

Median time-in-stage by controversy type, drawn from 392 cases. Court dockets move; institutional reckoning doesn't.

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