Travelers' Tales: C-MAP Research in Warsaw, Łódź, and Berlin
Members of MoMA’s C-MAP Central and Eastern European group reflect on their research trip to Warsaw and Łódź, Poland and Berlin, Germany, which took place in late May / early June, 2016. Over the course of a week, the 14 travelers met with over 70 individuals, including artists, curators, dealers, and art historians; conducted two formal studio visits; visited 13 galleries; and toured over 15 institutions across the three cities. Highlights include our tour of The Travellers: Voyage and Migration in New Art from Central and Eastern Europe, curated by former Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral C-MAP Fellow Magdalena Moskalewicz at Zachęta National Gallery of Art in Warsaw; our day spent with director Jarosław Suchan and his team at Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, with which MoMA has a long-term partnership; and our meeting Kunstquartier Bethanien in Berlin with curators Bojana Pejić and Rachel Rits-Volloch along with several artists featured in the exhibition HERO MOTHER: Contemporary Art By Post-Communist Women Re-Thinking Heroism. Read below for more about these and other moments from the trip....
Show MoreMembers of MoMA’s C-MAP Central and Eastern European group reflect on their research trip to Warsaw and Łódź, Poland and Berlin, Germany, which took place in late May / early June, 2016. Over the course of a week, the 14 travelers met with over 70 individuals, including artists, curators, dealers, and art historians; conducted two formal studio visits; visited 13 galleries; and toured over 15 institutions across the three cities. Highlights include our tour of The Travellers: Voyage and Migration in New Art from Central and Eastern Europe, curated by former Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral C-MAP Fellow Magdalena Moskalewicz at Zachęta National Gallery of Art in Warsaw; our day spent with director Jarosław Suchan and his team at Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, with which MoMA has a long-term partnership; and our meeting Kunstquartier Bethanien in Berlin with curators Bojana Pejić and Rachel Rits-Volloch along with several artists featured in the exhibition HERO MOTHER: Contemporary Art By Post-Communist Women Re-Thinking Heroism. Read below for more about these and other moments from the trip.