Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw
MSN Warsaw is a public institution that collects works of art, and studies and disseminates the tangible and intangible legacy of contemporary culture. The museum cooperates with a range of groups and communities, as well as institutions in Poland and around the world. It is a space for dialogue and jointly shaping cognitive and aesthetic sensitivity. It grows along with Warsaw, responds to reality, and arouses curiosity. In its everyday operations, the museum strives to act ethically and professionally, with concern for the environment and social bonds.
Now on view
5 exhibitions
PINIAK PRZEMYSŁAW HIT WHERE IT HURTS
Szymon Maliborski, Gabriela Skrzypczak, Przemek Sowiński
This solo exhibition of Przemysław Piniak, an intermedia artist who died prematurely, marks the first institutional effort to take a broader look at his work. The exhibition’s curators follow the mythology he created…
JULIE MEHRETU: KAIROS/HAUNTOLOGICAL VARIATIONS
Szymon Żydek based on an original curatorial concept by Susanne Gaensheimer, Sebastian Peter, Szymon Żydek na podstawie koncepcji kuratorskiej Susanne Gaensheimer, Sebastiana Petera
With “Kairos / Hauntological Variations,” the work of Julie Mehretu (b. 1970, Addis Ababa), a celebrated American artist with Ethiopian and Polish roots, makes its first ever appearance in Poland. In the show’s title,…
MINH LAN TRAN SPINE
Natalia Sielewicz
In her new commission for the museum’s staircase, Minh Lan Tran (b. 1997, Hong Kong) extends the language of abstract painting into architecture. The work unfolds vertically through the space, like a scroll released…
WAYS OF THE BLACK SPREAD OVER THE WHITE LAND
Oliwia Bosomtwe
Ways of the White Spread Over the Black Land was a 1948 painting by Marian Bogusz. The reversed title of this exhibition illustrates the peculiar dynamics of Poland’s relationships with Blackness and Sub-Saharan Africa…
IN THE VERY BOWELS OF CHANGES: SURREALISM AND ANTIFASCISM
Dorota Jarecka, Magda Lipska, in collaboration with Stephanie Weber, Adrian Djukić, Karin Althaus, Paweł Polit, Magda Lipska we współpracy ze Stephanie Weber, Adrianem Djukiciem, Pawłem Politem
As an artistic and political movement, Surrealism had an international reach and internationalist beliefs. Rooted in art and literature, it cherished much wider ambitions: to revolutionize society and redefine life…
