Paweł Leszkowicz (born 17 December 1970) is a Polish art historian and art curator. He works as a lecturer and researcher at the Department of History of Art,

Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań The Adam Mickiewicz University (; Latin: ''Universitas Studiorum Mickiewicziana Posnaniensis'') is a research university in Poznań, Poland. Due to its history, the university is traditionally considered among Poland's most reputable institution ...

, and lectures at the University of Fine Arts in Poznań. He is a member of

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Biography

Leszkowicz studied art history, gender studies and journalism at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań,

Courtauld Institute of Art The Courtauld Institute of Art (), commonly referred to as The Courtauld, is a self-governing college of the University of London specialising in the study of the history of art and conservation. The art collection is known particularly for ...

in London; and he was a

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New School University The New School is a private research university in New York City. It was founded in 1919 as The New School for Social Research with an original mission dedicated to academic freedom and intellectual inquiry and a home for progressive thinkers. ...

in New York. In 2000, he defended his doctoral dissertation on Helen Chadwick at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. Leszkowicz is an

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. Together with his partner Tomasz Kitliński he took part in Poland's lesbian and gay visibility campaigns ''Let Them See Us'' and ''Equal in Europe''. He is a member of Poland's

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Exhibitions

* ''GK Collection'', the first exhibition of the private art collection of Grażyna Kulczyk (the main private collector of contemporary art in Poland) * ''Love and Democracy'',

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and

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, 2006 * ''Ars Homo Erotica'' at the

National Museum in Warsaw The National Museum in Warsaw (, MNW) is a national museum in Warsaw, one of the largest museums in Poland and the largest in the capital. It comprises a rich collection of ancient art ( Egyptian, Greek, Roman), counting about 11,000 pieces, an ...

, 2010 * ''Civil Partnerships: Feminist & Queer Art & Activism'' at the

University of Brighton The University of Brighton is a public university based in Brighton on the south coast of England. Its roots can be traced back to 1858 when the Brighton School of Art was opened in the Royal Pavilion. It achieved university status in 1992. T ...

, 2012 (with Lara Perry and Tomasz Kitliński)

Books

* ''Helen Chadwick. Ikonografia podmiotowości'' elen Chadwick: The Iconography of Subjectivity(2001) * ''Miłość i demokracja. Rozważania o kwestii homoseksualnej w Polsce'' ove and Democracy: Reflections on the Queer Question in Poland(2005, with Tomasz Kitliński) * ''Art pride. Polska sztuka gejowska'' rt Pride: Gay Art from Poland(2010) * ''Nagi mężczyzna. Akt męski w sztuce polskiej po 1945 roku'' he Naked Man: The Male Nude in post-1945 Polish Art(2012)

Bibliography

* Jon Davis, "Towards an Intimate Democracy in Europe: Pawel Leszkowicz's Queer Curating", ''Journal of Curatorial Studies''; February 2013, Vol. 2 Issue 1, p. 54-69.

References

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