EUROPEAN NIGHT OF MUSEUMS 2010
in National Museum in Wrocławi and Ethnographic Museum in Wrocław
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Renovation and remodelling of the attic for the Permanent
Gallery of Polish Art of the 20th Century. Planned opening - 2011
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Polish Contemporary Art in the Collection of the National Museum in Wrocław will be present in the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage in Warsaw.
„For the first time in history, the seat of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage at the Potocki Palace in Warsaw will become an open gallery, a venue for presenting contemporary art. This new perspective on the space of the Potocki Palace is informed by the idea of giving the public a chance to see the best art from the collections of Poilsh museums – said Bogdan Zdrojewski Minsiter od Culture and National Heritage”.
From 8th January to 31st December 2010 the Main Courtyard of the Potocki Palace will showcase the exquisite exhibition of works by Poland’s most distinguished artists of the 2nd half of the 20th century: Magdalena Abakanowicz, Jan Lebenstein, Alfred Lenica, Jerzy Nowosielski, Jan Tarasin, Tadeusz Kantor
and many others.
Jan Tarasin, Counted Objects, 1974
The famous Abakans
in the Gallery of Polish Contemporary Art
The famous Abakans, which have revolutionised the textile art and launched the artist’s international career, are now on show at the National Museum in Wrocław. After many years, the artist has agreed to present them as part of the Gallery of Contemporary Polish Art.
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OPEN DAYS
(free entry to all exhibitions at the National Museum)
5 December 2009, 11AM – 7 PM
ST NICHOLAUS OPEN DAY
11.00 – 19.00 Christmas Decorations and Cards....
Order personalised Christmas decorations during our Christmas Fair
12.00 - Industrious Princess. The Story of Mary of Oranje (lecture) - Magdalena Musiał
13.00 - Good-hearted Bishop. St Nicholas of Mira (lecture) - Jadwiga Jasińska Sadura
14.00 - Cassone an credenza. Italian furniture from the collection of th National Museum in Wrocław - guided curatorial tour of the exhibition - Małgorzata Korżel-Kraśna and historic dances presented by the Bialte Dance Company
15.30 - Art Nouveau in Small Sculptural Forms
(lecture and guided tour of the Art Nouveau Medals and Plaques exhibition) - Iwona Gołaj
15.00 and 16.00 - St Nicholas Friend of Children (game for children) - Sławomir Ortyl
17.00 - Finissage of the Stanisław Dróżdż exhibition - guided curatorial of the exhibition (Elżbieta Łubowicz)
Get free postcards and bookmarks featuring objects from the collection of the National Museum in Wrocław:-)
7 November 2009, 11 AM – 7 PM
CONCEPTUAL PERSPECTIVE – AROUND THE EXHIBITION OF STANISŁAW DRÓŻDŻ
12.00 - Silesian museums known and unknown (lecture) - Grzegorz Wojturski
13.00 - Stanisław Dróżdż and concrete poetry (guided tour of Stanisław Dróżdż exhibition (Iwona Gołaj)
14.00 - Concept - Shapes (lecture) - Dorota Plucińska
15.00 - Shapes of the Invisible - game for children - Dorota Plucińska
16.00 Word games - game for children - Sławomir Ortyl
17 October 2009, 11 AM – 7 PM
AROUND CHINESE TEA
13.00 - Around chinese tea - guided curatorial tour of Around chinese tea. Yixing teapots exhibition (Dorota Róż - Mielecka)
14.00 - Chinese Tea Ceremony (Gao Yn Feng)
15.00 - Calligraphy Workshop and Chinese Lesson
16.00 - Trip to China - game for children (Sławomir Ortyl)
17.00 - Demonstration of Tai Chi
26 September 2009, 11 AM – 7 PM
FROM THE EARLIEST TO CONTEMPORARY ART
11.15 – Figures of the saints from the Altar of Wrocław goldsmiths: a photographic truth or an ideal image (lecture)
12.00 – Michelangelo Pistoletto and others. Italian art of today (lecture)
14.00 – Guided curatorial tour of the Archive of Jadwiga Sornik exhibition (Adam Sobota)
15.00 – Old family photograph (camera obscura game for children)
16.00 – This is art. (Inaugurating a new series of lectures devoted to the current art of the EU countries)
