Development of the International Collection of 20th and 21st Century Art - information about all editions

In 2012, Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź started a project to develop the "International Collection of 20th and 21st Century Art", following the adopted strategy based on three basic areas, such as: global art, processing the tradition of modern art in contemporary art and moving the canon of modern art . The project aims to develop the Collection in the indicated areas so that it not only credibly represents the transformation that has occurred in world art in recent decades, but also constitutes an important factor in the course of current and future changes.

Development of the "International Collection of 20th and 21st Century Art" Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, 1st edition

In the first edition of the project, works by, among others, Katja Strunz, Monika Sosnowska, Łukasz Skąpski, Tomas St. Auba, Barbara Hammer, Henryk Stażewski, Ferdynand Leger, Allan Sekula, Artur Malewski, Antoni Mikołajczyk, Magdalena Moskwa and Konrad Smoleński were purchased for the collection of Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź. . The amount of the subsidy from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage amounted to over PLN 1.5 million.

Development of the "International Collection of 20th and 21st Century Art" Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, 2nd edition

In the second edition of the project, works by, among others, Ewa Partum, Andrzej Dłużniewski, Zbigniew Libera, Igor Krenz, Daniel Rumiancew, Krzysztof Wodiczko and Szábolcs Esztényi, Włodzimierz Pawlak, Ahlam Shibla, Mona Vătămanu and Florin Tudor, Antje Majewski were purchased for the collection of the Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź. The amount of the subsidy from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage amounted to over PLN 1.3 million.

Development of the "International Collection of 20th and 21st Century Art" Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, 3rd edition

23 works were selected for the collection as part of the third edition of the project. These included: "Heimat Toprak" by Hüseyin Bahria Alptekin, which deals with the issue of Turkish emigration to Germany, and the work of Angelika Markul, which evokes and interprets in a perverse way the traditional artistic genre of still life, at the same time constituting a reference to the threat of ecological catastrophe. The museum's collection of works by the Łódź painter Magdalena Moskwa has also been supplemented with the latest works. In addition to contemporary art, the collection also included avant-garde works, including works by Marek Szwarc, one of the founders of the Jung Yiddish group operating in Łódź in 1919-1921, bringing together artists of Jewish origin. His early works from this period are rare today. In addition, the following items were purchased: works by Polish conceptualists Anna and Romuald Kutera, paintings by Kajetan Sosnowski, works by Tomasz Kozak, Naira Baghramian, and the Croatian group Gorgona. The amount of the subsidy from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage was PLN 1 million.

Development of the "International Collection of 20th and 21st Century Art" Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, 4th edition

As part of the next edition of the project, 65 works by artists such as Sharif Waked, Jeremy Millar, Jimmie Durham, Suzanne Treister, Jadwiga Sawicka, Daniel Rumiancew, Celine Condorelli, Jiri Kovanda, Adam Rzepecki, etc. were purchased. The amount of the subsidy awarded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage was PLN 1,239,015, 00 PLN. The museum's own funds: PLN 251,682.

Development of the "International Collection of 20th and 21st Century Art" Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, 5th edition

As part of the fifth edition of the project, in 2016, 44 works of art were purchased for the collection, including such Polish artists as: Teresa Żarnower, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Józef Robakowski, Andrzej Mitan, Andrzej Dłużniewski, Zbigniew Warpechowski, Igor Krenz, or Andrzej Czarnacki. As for foreign artists, the museum collection includes works by such authors as: Stephen Kaltenbach, Sukran Moral, Birgit Jurgenssen, Jo Spence, Ray Johnson. The purchased works will be partially included in the museum's permanent exhibition "Atlas of Modernity. Exercises" and temporary exhibitions. The amount of the subsidy from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage was PLN 1,964,292.53. The museum's own funds: 102,692.28

Development of the "International Collection of 20th and 21st Century Art" Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, 6th edition

As part of the sixth edition of the project in 2017, 38 works of art were purchased for the collection, including Polish artists such as Hubert Czerepok, Jadwiga Sawicka, Tytus Czyżewski, Wiktor Gutt and Waldemar Raniszewski, Roman Owidzki, Maria Pinińska–Bereś. As for foreign artists, the museum collection includes works by authors such as Tamás Kaszás, Katarina Zdjelar, John Smith, Milan Knížák Jan Ságl, Zorka Ságlová, Gerhard Rühm, Gianni Colombo, Yevgeny E¬E Kozlov. The purchased works will be partially included in the museum's permanent exhibition "Atlas of Modernity. Exercises" and temporary exhibitions. The amount of the subsidy from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage was PLN 1,336,420.08.

Development of the "International Collection of 20th and 21st Century Art" Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, 7th edition

As part of the seventh edition of the project in 2018, 16 works of art were purchased for the collection, including Polish artists such as Leon Chwistek, Jerzy Janisch, Margit Reich-Sielska, Franciszka Themerson. As for foreign artists, the museum collection includes works by authors such as Juan Downey, Sergei Eisenstien, Ana Mendieta, R. H. Quaytman (Rebecca H. Quaytman), Paul Sharits, Roman Signer, Ivan Sotnikov and Timur Novikov, Stephen Willats , Nahum Tevet. The purchased works will be partially included in the museum's permanent exhibition "Atlas of Modernity. Exercises" and temporary exhibitions. The amount of the subsidy from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage was PLN 1,962,299.00.

Development of the "International Collection of 20th and 21st Century Art" Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, 8th edition

As part of the eighth edition of the project in 2019, 45 works of art were purchased for the collection, including Polish artists such as Agata Ingarden, Marcin Polak, Kajetan Sosnowski, Krzysztof Knittel, Bogusław Schaeffer, Leopold Buczkowski, Teresa Murak, Ryszard Waśko. As for foreign artists, the museum collection includes works by authors such as Haroon Mirza, GCC, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Carolina Caycedo, Simone Forti, Barbara Hammer, Sanja Iveković. The purchased works will be partially included in the museum's permanent exhibition "Atlas of Modernity. Exercises" and temporary exhibitions. The amount of the subsidy from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage was: PLN 990,918.15, the museum's own funds: PLN 27,305.09, the subsidy from the Marshal's Office of the Lodzkie Region: PLN 148,661.06.

Development of the "International Collection of 20th and 21st Century Art" Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, 9th edition

As part of the ninth edition of the project in 2020, 76 works were purchased, including 17 Polish artists (Agnieszka Brzeżańska, Karol Radziszewski, Alicja Bielawska, Marek Chlanda, Jerzy Grzegorski, Marta Krześlak, Paweł Kwiek, Łukasz Ogórek, Daniel Rycharski, Iza Tarasewicz, Adam Rzepecki , Andrzej Partum, Agnieszka Polska, Franciszka Themerson, Teresa Tyszkiewicz, Marcelo Zammenhoff [Piotr Wygachiewicz], Krzysztof Knittel), as well as 4 artists from abroad (Pakui Hardware, Morgan Fisher, Hans de Vries, Joel Andrianomearisoa). Co-financing from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage – PLN 1,165,000.00. Co-financing from Marshal's Office of the Lodzkie Region – PLN 205,589.00

Development of the "International Collection of 20th and 21st Century Art" Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, 10th edition

A priority for the expansion of the 20th and 21st century Art Collection is reference to how avant-garde art is transformed, developed and updated in contemporary art. The avant-garde, due to its fundamental role for the collections and institution od Muzeum Sztuki, defines the fundamental perspective for theoretical reflection, research projects and curatorial explorations, on the basis of which we outline the directions for the expansion of the collections, while remaining sensitive to the social and political reception and perception of art. Equally important is the assumption about the social responsibility of art and the need to participate in the transformation of reality. The contemporary art context gives a new meaning to the works of avant-garde and modern art in the Collection, which does not petrify but redefines their historical and artistic rank by activating subsequent layers of their critical potential. Taking into account the experience of Muzeum Sztuki, it can be concluded that the collection expansion program has largely contributed to increasing the scale of the exhibition program. Searching for new contexts for Institutional Collections is an important element of the strategy that allows you to build on resources while constantly creating a new framework for them.

As part of the tenth edition of the project in 2021, the purchase of 49 works is planned, including 14 Polish artists (Agata Bogacka, Urszula Broll, Jakub Czyszczoń, Ola Kozioł, Stanisław Kubicki, Edward Łazikowski, Gizela Mickiewicz, Małgorzata Mirga Tas, Teresa Tyszkiewicz, Yo Als Jetzt – Andrzej Awsiej, Joanna Kabala Maciej Ruciński; Ziemia Mindel Würm – Marek Rogulski, Piotr Wyrzykowski), as well as 5 artists from abroad (Jasmina Cibic, Gluklya – Natalia Pershina-Yakimanskaya, Katja Novitskova, Mykola Ridnyi, Zanis Waldheims). Co-financing from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage – PLN 1,050,000.00. Own funds - PLN 185,295.00.
 

Development of the "International Collection of 20th and 21st Century Art" Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, 11th edition

As part of the eleventh edition of the project in 2022, the purchase of 27 works is planned - 7 Polish artists (Katarzyna Górna, Paweł Jarodzki, Paweł Kowalewski, Stanisław Kubicki, Diana Lelonek, Paweł Paulus Mazur, Eugeniusz Rudnik), as well as 9 artists from abroad (Anna Daučiková, Cian Dayrit, Igor and Svetlana Kopystiansky, Margerate Kubicka, Lada Nakonechna, Jumana Manna, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Michael Stevenson). Co-financing from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage - PLN 1,000,000.00, co-financing from the Marshal's Office of Lodzkie Region - PLN 178,000.00.

Development of the collection of Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź - 12th edition

Completion time: August 1, 2023. - December 31, 2023

The aim of the project is to purchase works:

Wacław Szpakowski, Artist's Archive, 1898-1972

Magdalena Abakanowicz, Figure behind glass, 1989-1991

Financial resources of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund were granted in the amount of PLN 830,000.00 (in words: eight hundred and thirty thousand zlotys zero groszy)

Development of the collection of Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź - 13th edition

Completion time: March 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024

The aim of the project is to purchase work:

Andrzej Partum, Series of paintings made in Copenhagen, 1984-1989

Financial resources of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund were granted in the amount of PLN 200,000.00 (in words: two hundred thousand zlotys zero groszy)

Total cost of the task: PLN 235,295.00 (in words: two hundred and thirty-five thousand, two hundred and ninety-five zlotys zero groszy)

More information about the collection on the website zasoby.msl.org.pl

Co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund - a state earmarked fund: