Galeria BWA
Galeria Bielska BWA is a municipal art gallery of Bielsko-Biała, Poland, dedicated to the contemporary art. It carries out exhibition, publishing, documentary and educational activities. It is the organiser of the Painting Biennale Bielsko Autumn (''Bielska Jesień'') and the Bielsko-Biała Visual Arts Festival (''Bielski Festiwal Sztuk Wizualnych''). The main seat of the gallery is the building at 11, 3 Maja Street. It was built in 1960 as the Pavilion of the Visual Artists (''Pawilon Plastyków'') in the place of the Bielsko Synagogue destroyed by Nazis. The Pavillion hosted exhibitions of the local branch of the Association of Polish Artists and Designers. Between 1970 and 1975, it housed a branch of the Katowice Art Exhibition Office (''Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych'', abbreviated as ''BWA''), which was transformed into an independent institution after the establishment of the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship Bielsko-Biała (; cs, Bílsko-Bělá, german: Bielitz-Biala, szl, Bjyls ...
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