Muzeum Sztuki, or the Museum of Art in Łódź, is a

museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make thes ...

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and

contemporary art Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a dynamic co ...

Łódź Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of cant ...

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, whose main goal is to research and display

avant-garde art The avant-garde (; In 'advance guard' or 'vanguard', literally 'fore-guard') is a person or work that is experimental, radical, or unorthodox with respect to art, culture, or society.John Picchione, The New Avant-garde in Italy: Theoretical D ...

, as well as progressive artistic interventions. The institution is housed in three branches: ''ms¹'', ''ms²'' and Herbst Palace Museum (Polish: ''Muzeum Pałac Herbsta''). Established in 1930, it is one of the oldest existing and active museums to collect avant-garde art. In 1998 Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź was entered into the Polish National Register of Museums under number 53.

Mission

Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź is primarily focused on studying and displaying the collection of 20th and 21st century art in a variety of contexts, as well as on providing progressive artistic interventions and enhancing the role of art as element of social life, e.g., through educational activities. Its programme coincides with avant-garde project worked out at the turn of the 1920s and 1930s by the “a.r.” group or, more precisely, by Władysław Strzemiński, Katarzyna Kobro and

Henryk Stażewski Henryk Stażewski (pronounced: ; 9 January 1894 – 10 June 1988) was a Polish Painting, painter, writer, and visual artist. Stażewski's career spanned seven decades and he is considered a pivotal figure in the history of Constructivism (art), ...

) and with the idea developed by Ryszard Stanisławski (Muzeum's director in 1966–1992) of a “museum as a critical instrument”. These ideas are further expanded in the assumption, according to which a museum is capable of re-defining and updating notions pertaining to art and culture and establishing social relations with the involvement of art. Through exhibition, research, educational and publishing programme, the Muzeum strives to practice the idea of art as a way to experience, feel and understand the reality, which was a part of avant-garde dream of creative life available to all.Przemieszczenia. Kolekcja Sztuki XX i XXI wieku, Łódź 2010

History of the collection

1920s – the "a.r" collection

Muzeum Sztuki was established as a result of reorganisation of Łódź museums in 1930. The core of its collection is based on works of modern art collected in Poland and abroad by the a.r. group in the period 1929–1932 and supplemented until 1938. The initiator and the main driving force behind the action of collecting the donations from artists was a painter and art theoretician Władysław Strzemiński, actively supported by Katarzyna Kobro – a sculptor,

– painter, as well as Jan Brzękowski and

Julian Przyboś Julian Przyboś (5 March 1901 – 6 October 1970) was a Polish poet, essayist and translator, one of the most important poets of the Kraków Avant-Garde. Life Przyboś was born in Gwoźnica near Strzyżów to a peasant family. From 1912, he ...

– poets.

The Collection in its ideological dimension reflects Strzemiński's artistic preferences, although its final shape was the product of the activities of many people, including Henryk Stażewski, Hans Arp and Michel Seuphor. It presents an overview of avant-garde strands and tendencies of the late 1920s and includes masterpieces of Abstractionists, such as Hans Arp and SophieTaeuber-Arp,

Theo van Doesburg Theo van Doesburg (, 30 August 1883 – 7 March 1931) was a Dutch artist, who practiced painting, writing, poetry and architecture. He is best known as the founder and leader of De Stijl. He was married to artist, pianist and choreographer Nell ...

Jean Gorin Albert Jean Gorin (2 December 1899 – 29 March 1981) was a French neoplastic painter and constructive sculptor. He was a disciple of Piet Mondrian, and remained true to the concept of rigid geometricism and use of primary colors, but pushed th ...

, Jean Helion, Vilmos Huszar, Henryk Stażewski or Georges Vantongerloo. The collection also includes artworks of artists representing Cubism (e.g., Fernand Léger, Louis Marcoussis), Futurism (Enrico Prampolini),

Dada Dada () or Dadaism was an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century, with early centres in Zürich, Switzerland, at the Cabaret Voltaire (in 1916). New York Dada began c. 1915, and after 1920 Dada flourished in Pari ...

(

Kurt Schwitters Kurt Hermann Eduard Karl Julius Schwitters (20 June 1887 – 8 January 1948) was a German artist who was born in Hanover, Germany. Schwitters worked in several genres and media, including dadaism, Constructivism (art), constructivism, surrealism ...

), Surrealism (

Max Ernst Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976) was a German (naturalised American in 1948 and French in 1958) painter, sculptor, printmaker, graphic artist, and poet. A prolific artist, Ernst was a primary pioneer of the Dada movement and Surrealis ...

, Kurt Seligmann), Formism (e.g.,

Leon Chwistek Leon Chwistek (Kraków, Austria-Hungary, 13 June 1884 – Barvikha near Moscow, Russia, 20 August 1944) was a Polish avant-garde painter, theoretician of modern art, literary critic, logician, philosopher and mathematician. Career and philosophy ...

Tytus Czyżewski Tytus Czyżewski (28 December 1880 in Przyszowa – 5 May 1945 in Kraków) was a Polish painter, art theoretician, Futurist poet, playwright, member of the Polish Formists, mefedroniarz and Colorist. Biography In 1902 he studied at the Acade ...

), “pure form” (

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (; 24 February 188518 September 1939), commonly known as Witkacy, was a Polish writer, painter, philosopher, theorist, playwright, novelist, and photographer active before World War I and during the interwar period. ...

) or Unism (Władysław Strzemiński). The collection was initiated by the artists and took shape as a result of their solidarity-based international initiative to donate works against any artistic divisions.

1930s

Originally, the museum was housed on the first floor of the former town hall in Plac Wolności 1 and its full name read “The J. and K. Bartoszewicz Municipal Museum of History and Art” (named after Kazimierz Bartoszewicz, who donated his family collection of art to the city in the period 1928–1930). The first exhibition opened on 13 April 1930 and this date is considered to mark the beginnings of what is today Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź.

Avant-garde art The avant-garde (; In 'advance guard' or 'vanguard', literally 'fore-guard') is a person or work that is experimental, radical, or unorthodox with respect to art, culture, or society.John Picchione, The New Avant-garde in Italy: Theoretical D ...

from the collection of "a.r" group was made available to the public on 15 February 1931. In 1935 Dr. Marian Minich was appointed the director of the museum and already in the initial years he expanded the collection with works that have complemented the picture of Polish modern art with Polish Formists, the Lviv group of surrealists Artes, and representative works of

Jankel Adler Jankel Adler (born Jankiel Jakub Adler; 26 July 1895 – 25 April 1949) was a Polish Jewish painter and printmaker. Biography Jankiel Jakub Adler was born as the seventh of ten children in Tuszyn, a suburb of Łódź. In 1912 he began training ...

and Karol Hiller. Immediately after World War II, Muzeum Sztuki acquired paintings of

Alexej Jawlensky Alexej Georgewitsch von Jawlensky (russian: Алексе́й Гео́ргиевич Явле́нский, translit=Alekséy Geórgiyevich Yavlénskiy) (13 March 1864 – 15 March 1941), surname also spelt as Yavlensky, was a Russian expressioni ...

. Soon, the museum was transferred to one of the palaces of the Poznański family, in Więckowskiego 36, which since 1948 has been one of its locations. Marian Minich was re-nominated as a director. It was he who adapted rooms in the palace to the needs of the museum and invited Władysław Strzemiński to cooperate, which resulted in the “Neoplastic Room” being added to the exhibition space. The collection of contemporary art was expanded with, inter alia, works by Jonasz Stern,

Jerzy Nowosielski Jerzy Nowosielski (January 7, 1923 – February 21, 2011) was a Kraków-born Polish painter, graphic artist, scenographer, and illustrator. He was well known for his religious compositions ( wall paintings, iconostases, polychromies) in th ...

, and Alina Szapocznikow.

Ryszard Stanisławski and the Museum of Art in the 1950s

In 1950 the museum changed its name to ''Muzeum Sztuki'' (Museum of Art) in Łódź. The second director of the museum became Ryszard Stanisławski, who headed the institution in the years 1966–1991. His goal was to expand the international collection of modern and contemporary art. In his museum practice he accentuated the pivotal role of the “museum as a critical instrument” and preferred focusing the collection on phenomena that were perceived as open, creative and authentic. Stanisławski's efforts led to the acquisition of the first painting from Roman Opałka series of “counted” paintings (others were to follow), the collection of early works of

Krzysztof Wodiczko Krzysztof Wodiczko (born April 16, 1943) is a Polish artist known for his large-scale slide and video projections on architectural facades and monuments. He has realized more than 80 such public projections in Australia, Austria, Canada, England ...

Mirosław Bałka Miroslaw Balka (born 16 December 1958) is a Polish contemporary sculptor and video artist. Life and career Balka was born in Warsaw in 1958. He graduated from the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts in 1985.Jiří Kolář). Mateusz Grabowski, owner of an avant-garde gallery in

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, donated artworks representing British Pop Art and Op Art (e.g. Derek Boshier,

Bridget Riley Bridget Louise Riley (born 24 April 1931) is an English painter known for her op art paintings. She lives and works in London, Cornwall and the Vaucluse in France. Early life and education Riley was born on 24 April 1931 in Norwood, Londo ...

, and

Pauline Boty Pauline Boty (6 March 1938 – 1 July 1966) was a British painter and co-founder of the 1960s' British Pop art movement of which she was the only acknowledged female member. Boty's paintings and collages often demonstrate a joy in self-assured ...

). American artists (e.g.

Sam Francis Samuel Lewis Francis (June 25, 1923 – November 4, 1994) was an American painter and printmaker. Early life Sam Francis was born in San Mateo, California,

Lawrence Weiner Lawrence Charles Weiner (February 10, 1942December 2, 2021) was an American conceptual artist. He was one of the central figures in the formation of conceptual art in the 1960s. His work often took the form of typographic texts, a form of word a ...

, Barbara Kasten, and

Chris Burden Christopher Lee Burden (April 11, 1946 – May 10, 2015) was an American artist working in performance, sculpture and installation art. Burden became known in the 1970s for his performance art works, including ''Shoot'' (1971), where he arranged ...

) bestowed their works in exchange for artworks of Polish artists. The collection of works from the first Construction in Process (Polish: Konstrukcja w Procesie) festival donated by “Solidarity” (e.g. Peter Downsbrough,

Dan Graham Daniel Graham (March 31, 1942 – February 19, 2022) was an American visual artist, writer, and curator in the writer-artist tradition. In addition to his visual works, he published a large array of critical and speculative writing that spanned ...

, and

Richard Nonas Richard Nonas (January 3, 1936 – May 11, 2021) was an American anthropologist and post-minimalist sculptor. He lived and worked in New York City. Education Nonas was educated in literature and anthropology at University of Michigan, Lafay ...

) enriched the representation of

minimal art Minimalism describes movements in various forms of art and design, especially visual art and music, where the work is set out to expose the essence, essentials or identity of a subject through eliminating all non-essential forms, features or co ...

. In a symbolic gesture of solidarity with Polish society,

Joseph Beuys Joseph Heinrich Beuys ( , ; 12 May 1921 – 23 January 1986) was a German artist, teacher, performance artist, and art theorist whose work reflected concepts of humanism, sociology, and anthroposophy. He was a founder of a provocative art mov ...

donated ca. 300 artworks from his archives within the framework of “Polentransport 1981”. Insufficient exhibition space was a permanent problem of the Muzeum. In the early 1970s a tender was advertised for the construction of a new building for the museum but the project has never been successfully accomplished due to the economic crisis. In 1973 the museum acquired an industrialist's mansion Edward Herbst Palace in Księży Młyn (Priest's Mill). Prospects of having a building that could meet exhibition requirements of avant-garde art became real with plans to develop the

Manufaktura The Manufaktura is an arts centre, shopping mall, and leisure complex in Łódź, Poland. A major tourist asset of the city, it includes the largest public square in Łódź, which acts as a venue for cultural and sports events. (pp. 282-283) Th ...

Shopping and Entertainment Centre in the former Izrael Poznański factory.

The ms² branch

In 2006 Jarosław Suchan was appointed the director of the museum and he has been holding the post ever since. Funds acquired from the European Union (under the Integrated Regional Development Operational Programme), the Polish

Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland ( pl, Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego) is a governmental administration office concerned with various aspects of Polish culture. It was formed on 31 October 20 ...

, Voivodeship Office, and the Marshal Office in Łódź were used to regenerate and modernise the former spinning mill in the factory of Izrael Poznański. In the autumn 2008 it became a new location of Muzeum Sztuki known as ms² offering the space of 3000 m², which houses the Collection of the 20th and 21st Century Art; further 600 m² are dedicated to temporary exhibitions. The collection is exhibited in a way that departs from both the chronological arrangement of works of art and the idea of a ‘permanent exhibition’. New exhibition projects, whose aim is to uncover the potential of the collection anew, are underway within the framework of “works on the collection”. According to the programme: ''avant-garde is not treated as a closed chapter that belongs to the past but as a set of ideas, which may still be meaningful to a contemporary viewer''. Muzeum Sztuki introduces the audience to contemporary and avant-garde art in locations at ms² and ms¹. In the years 2011-2013 exhibition space in the building in Więckowskiego was refurbished. Edward Herbst villa that holds Old Masters Collection was also renovated in 2013.

Muzeum’s locations

ms¹, Więckowskiego 36 (Maurycy Poznański palace) – with Neoplastic Room designed by Władysław Strzemiński, which was the core of the exposition of “a.r.” group International Collection of Modern Art. In 2008 the collection moved to the premises of ms², while the Neoplastic Room itself was left in its original place and the space around it is used to display works by contemporary artists, who make references to the Constructivism legacy within the project “Neoplastic Room Open Composition”. In ms¹ at two floors of exhibition space we can find temporary exhibitions that show interesting phenomena in contemporary art. The garden in the backyard is used for open air events, such as film shows and concerts. The building houses also a coffee shop and a library open to all visitors. ms², Ogrodowa 19 (building of the former spinning mill of Izrael Poznański factory) – facilities used for experimental interventions with the Collection of 20th and 21st century. The Museum's collection is organized around themes that exhibition curators consider relevant to modern audience. Space at the ground floor is used for temporary exhibitions that tackle mainly the issues connected with the avant-garde legacy. In the building there are rooms for workshops and other educational activities, as well as a multi-media room, which hosts, inter alia, lectures and film shows. There is also a coffee shop “Awangarda” and a bookshop selling books on art. Herbst Villa, Przędzalniana 72 (Edward Herbst palace and garden complex) – a refurbished mansion formerly owned by a family of Łódź industrialists has become the exhibition space for old masters works (mainly those of the 19th century), presentation of palace interiors from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries and the overview of the history of the Herbst family of industrial tycoons.

Collections

The collection includes paintings, sculptures and spatial objects, drawings, photographs, video, and installations. It is the largest and the oldest museum collection of modern art in this part of Europe. The collection of Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź was initiated by the members of the ”a.r.” group: Władysław Strzemiński, Katarzyna Kobro,

, and Jan Brzękowski, who since 1929 had been involved in collecting modern art. It was made available to the public for the first time in February 1931 at the original seat of the museum in Wolności Square olish: Plac Wolności After 1945 the collection has been being supplemented predominantly with the works by contemporary artists. The collection includes artworks by artists, such as:

, Władysław Strzemiński, Katarzyna Kobro,

, Kazimierz Podsadecki, Enrico Prampolini, Janusz Maria Brzeski, Teresa Żarnower, Mieczysław Szczuka, Włodzimierz Borowski, Derek Boshier, Christian Boltanski,

, Bridget Riley, Alina Szapocznikow, Ewa Partum,

, Edward Krasiński, Ali Kazma, Barbara Hammer, Agnieszka Kalinowska, Zofia Kulik, Jadwiga Maziarska,

Erna Rosenstein Erna Rosenstein (17 May 1913 – 10 November 2004) was a surrealist painter and poet. Biography She was the daughter of an Austrian-Jewish judge and Ukrainian mom. She was born in the town of Lemberg, Austria-Hungary. In 1918 they moved ...

, Jadwiga Sawicka, Ahlam Shibli, Mladen Stilinović, Mona Vătămanu & Florin Tudor, Haegue Yang, Konrad Smoleński, Cezary Bodzianowski,

Zbigniew Libera Zbigniew Libera (born 7 July 1959) is a Polish artist, born in Pabianice, Poland. Libera's artworks are considered to fall under the styles of pop art and Critical Art Ensemble, critical art, and have been frequently used his works to comment on ...

, Artur Żmijewski, Julita Wójcik, Antje Majewski, and Allan Sekula.

Atlas of Modernity. Collection of 20th and 21st Century Art

Opened on 24 February 2014 in ms², a division of Muzeum of Art in Łódź, is an overview of the collection featuring works by artists active in the 20th and 21st centuries. The exhibition occupies three floors in the premises owned by Muzeum Sztuki located in the shopping and entertainment centre

in Łódź. It covers in total 2700 m², where the visitors may see more than 200 exhibits whose number changes depending on the exhibition projects hosted in this space. “Atlas of Modernity” is another stage in the works on Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź collection that have been continued since 2008 and “whose goal is to research, re-interpret and update the meaning of artworks included in the collection.” The exhibition refers to the idea of art historian

Aby Warburg Aby Moritz Warburg, better known as Aby Warburg, (June 13, 1866 – October 26, 1929) was a German art historian and cultural theorist who founded the Kulturwissenschaftliche Bibliothek Warburg (Library for Cultural Studies), a private library, ...

and his project “Mnemosyne Atlas”, it departs from both the chronological arrangement of works of art and the idea of a ‘permanent exhibition’. The exposition “has given up typical linearity that organises museum’s collection against a timeline of art history and groups artworks into schools, trends, styles or tendencies.” Works focus around 14 notions connected with the idea of modernity: “museum”, “autonomy”, “capital”, “machine”, “city”, “progress”, “experiment”, “propaganda”, “norm”, “tradition”, “catastrophe”, “me”, “emancipation”, and “revolution”; “creating a ‘collage’ of artworks from different periods representing different aesthetics and artistic attitudes around these notions; the exhibition poses questions about how the phenomena changed, how the way they were perceived altered and, most importantly, to what extent they shape our today's reality.” The exhibition has been prepared by a curatorial team headed by Jarosław Suchan, the Muzeum’s director, and composed of: Aleksandra Jach, Paulina Kurc-Maj, Maria Morzuch, Anna Saciuk-Gąsowska, Joanna Sokołowska, Katarzyna Słoboda, and Magdalena Ziółkowska.

Polish Painting

The Collection is a representative selection of artworks by Polish artists, in particular of the 19th and the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, including some masterpieces of Polish painting such as: “''Portrait of the Artist’s Mother''” (1853) by

Henryk Rodakowski Henryk Hipolit Rodakowski (; 1823–1894) was a Polish painter. Biography He came from a well-known family of lawyers. Continuing the family tradition between 1841 and 1845, he studied law in Vienna. Later he studied painting under Joseph Danha ...

, “''Napoleon on Horseback''” by

Piotr Michałowski Piotr Michałowski (July 2, 1800 – June 9, 1855) was a Polish painter of the Romantic period, especially known for his many portraits, and oil studies of horses. Broadly educated, he was also a social activist, legal advocate, city administr ...

, “''Sleeping Mietek''” by

Stanisław Wyspiański Stanisław Mateusz Ignacy Wyspiański (; 15 January 1869 – 28 November 1907) was a Polish playwright, painter and poet, as well as interior and furniture designer. A patriotic writer, he created a series of symbolic, national dramas withi ...

, and “''Sobieski in Częstochowa''” by Jan Matejko. File:Kozak na koniu.jpg, ''Cossack on Horseback'',

Aleksander Orłowski Aleksander Orłowski (9 March 1777 – 13 March 1832) was a Polish painter and sketch artist, and a pioneer of lithography in the Russian Empire. Life Orłowski was born in 1777 in Warsaw into an impoverished noble family, his father was a ...

Mehoffer Artist's wife with Pegasus.jpg,

Józef Mehoffer Józef Mehoffer (19 March 1869 – 8 July 1946) was a Polish painter and decorative artist, one of the leading artists of the Young Poland movement and one of the most revered Polish artists of his time. Life Mehoffer was born in Ropczyce, ...

, ''Portrait of artist's wife with Pegasus'' File:Henryk Rodakowski, Portret matki, 1853.jpg, ''Portrait of Mother'',

File:Wojciech-Gerson-Kiejstut i Witold.jpg, ''Kęstutis and Vytautas imprisoned by Jogaila'',

Wojciech Gerson Wojciech Gerson (; July 1, 1831 – February 25, 1901) was a leading Polish painter of the mid-19th century, and one of the foremost representatives of the Polish school of Realism during the foreign Partitions of Poland. He served as long-time ...

File:Jacek Maleczewski-Thanatos II-1899.jpg, ''Thanatos II'', Jacek Malczewski File:Witkacy Dwie glowy.jpg, ''Two Heads'',

File:Hiller Karol, Kompozycja O, 1928.jpg, ''Composition "o"'', Karol Hiller

Collection highlights

File:Michele Steno.jpg, ''Portrait of Doge Michele Steno'', Unknown File:Snyders Still-life with a roe deer.jpg, ''Still-life with a Roe Deer'',

Frans Snyders Frans Snyders or Frans Snijders (11 November 1579, Antwerp – 19 August 1657, Antwerp) was a Flemish painter of animals, hunting scenes, market scenes and still lifes. He was one of the earliest specialist animaliers and he is credited with ...

File:Maes Portrait of a man.jpg, ''Portrait of a Man in a Wig'', Nicolaes Maes File:Signac View of the Golden Horn.jpg, ''View of the Golden Horn'',

Paul Signac Paul Victor Jules Signac ( , ; 11 November 1863 – 15 August 1935) was a French Neo-Impressionist painter who, working with Georges Seurat, helped develop the Pointillist style. Biography Paul Signac was born in Paris on 11 November 1863. ...

Education and Promotion of Art

One of the objectives behind the idea of collection efforts initiated by “a.r.” group and further continued by the Muzeum was to disseminate knowledge about art and to present the achievements of avant-garde art to the largest audiences possible. The Muzeum accomplishes this goal through, inter alia, cooperation with other museums in the world, publishing activities, education effort (workshops, lectures, guided tours), and its media presence (in cooperation with

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TV channel, Muzeum Sztuki creates “Kulturanek” ultural Morning- a series of programmes on art addressed to young audience).

ms opus

Project “ms opus” is the effect of cooperation between Muzeum Sztuki and Opus Film film production company – it documents exhibitions and presents artists and curators. Video recordings from exhibitions available on the Internet have enabled wide audiences to learn more about Muzeum's exhibition projects.

ms club

ms club is a membership programme intended to attract a community of visitors and sponsors, which is also a kind of subscription that offers free admission to exhibitions and events. Two types of membership cards are currently available: MS CLUB and MS CLUB STUDENT.

ms Award

The award is given by Muzeum Sztuki in recognition of the patronage extended to the Muzeum, its promotion or any other form of active support to its interests in Poland and abroad. It is awarded to institutions, companies, representatives of the media, and private persons as a token of gratitude for their engagement and promotion of active attitudes in culture in the preceding year.Nagrody Previous winners of the ms Award:ms Award * 2009: Marzena Bomanowska (for 2008) for helping to promote the events in Muzeum Sztuki, in particular the opening of ms2 * 2010: Jarosław Przyborowski (for 2009) thanks to whom it was possible to purchase Daniel Buren's work ''Cabane éclatée'' for the museum collection * 2011: Piotr Dzięcioł (for 2010), for helping to produce films from every exhibition as a part of the “ms opus” project * 2012:

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S.A. * 2013: Łódź Association for the Encouragement of Fine Art * 2014:

TVP Kultura TVP Kultura is the first TV theme channel to be run by the Polish public broadcaster TVP. It was launched on 24 April 2005 and is dedicated to arts and culture. Every day of the week, the channel concentrates on other disciplines; e.g., cinema, ...

Katarzyna Kobro Prize

The idea of the Katarzyna Kobro Prize annually awarded by artists to an artist they wish to honour originates from Józef Robakowski with initial involvement of the late Nika Strzemińska, daughter of Katarzyna Kobro and Władysław Strzemiński. The Prize is intended to pay tribute to artists representing progressive and exploratory stance, open to creative intellectual exchange who are involved in initiating cultural events. Until 2011 the Prize was awarded by Wschodnia Gallery olish: Galeria Wschodnia however, in 2011 Dariusz Bieńkowski (the founder of the prize) and Józef Robakowski moved it to Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź. The Katarzyna Kobro Prize is awarded every December by a college of representatives of various genres of art.

References

External links

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