A Polish Museum Turns to the Right, and Artists Turn Away
A new director wants to reshape a leading Warsaw art space to show conservative works and challenge left-wing positions.
Piotr Bernatowicz, the new director of the Ujazdowski Castle Center for Contemporary Art in Warsaw, says Polish art is dominated by the left.
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Works in the Karol Radziszewski retrospective at the Ujazdowski: “Lech Walesa,” left, and “Gorbachev,” right, from the series “1989,” set on the artist’s “AIDS Wallpaper.”
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“Scythe” by Henryk Blachnio, from the exhibition “The Power of Secrets” at the Ujazdowski, running through March 29.
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Mr. Radziszewski posing in front of a self-portait from his series “1989,” in which the artist depicts himself as Cinderella.
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Karol Radziszewski and his exhibition The Power of Secrets in the Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art in Warsaw. Poland.
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Malgorzata Ludwisiak, the Ujazdowski’s previous director,
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Karol Radziszewski and his exhibition The Power of Secrets in the Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art in Warsaw. Poland.
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