“Guests in love, please understand — most of the exhibits in our museum are objects ‘born’ many years ago and subject to completely different moral standards,” said the Fort Gerhard museum in a statement.
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Standouts and Historic Firsts by Eastern European Artists and Curators at the Venice Biennale
Sculptures by Hungarian artist Zsófia Keresztes, Malgorzata Mirga-Tas’s Polish Pavilion transformation, and more highlights from this year’s show.
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How Warsaw’s Museum of Modern Art Transformed Itself to Aid Ukrainian Refugees
From supplying medicines and food to organizing poetry readings and stress relief workshops, the museum has shifted its focus from art to humanitarian aid.
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Three Minutes of Film Are All That Remain of a Polish Jewish Town Before the Holocaust
What can be learned from just a short clip from a 1938 vacation film? The documentary Three Minutes — A Lengthening shows that it can be quite a bit.
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An Open Letter to Piotr Bernatowicz, the Director of the Ujazdowski Castle Center for Art
Mr. Bernatowicz, in your introductory text you talk about the need for honesty, the disease of hypocrisy, overreaching governments. You do not fulfill a single one of your own ideals.
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A Mystical Masseuse Sends a Gated Community Into Upheaval
Director Malgorzata Szumowska uses fantasy to satirize the lives of the affluent in Poland’s official Oscar submission.
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Polish Politicians Sue Artist-Activists for Mapping “Atlas of Hate”
Six local governments sued four artist-activists who created the Atlas of Hate, an interactive map charting the country’s anti-gay zones.
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Writing the Untold Stories of Polish Women Artists
Polish art historian Marika Kuźmicz has begun a project to research the biographies of overlooked female artists, locate their archives, and make the information and images available in a free online database.
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An “Atlas of Hate” Maps Poland’s Anti-LGBTQ Governments
The map responds to the more than 80 Polish municipal and local governments that announced themselves as “free from LGBT ideology.”
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The Frick Hosts a Lecture About an Enlightment-era Palace in Warsaw and Its Royal Collection
Be enchanted by the splendid palace-villa with its art collections and pavilions, set in 75 hectares (158 acres) of historic gardens. The lecture will be webcast live for audiences around the world.
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Polish Art Community Rebuffs Ministry of Culture’s Controversial Choice for a Museum Director
After ousting the previous director, the ministry plans to hire a new director without the customary open call process. The nominee, Piotr Bernatowicz, has been accused of misogyny and anti-Semitism.
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Poland’s Ministry of Culture Again Accused of Trying to Control Progressive Institution
Poland’s current rightwing Minister of Culture, Piotr Gliński, is attempting to replace the director of a major cultural institution with a ministry-appointed one.