Piotr Piotrowski, Influential Polish Art Historian and Former National Museum Warsaw Director, Dies at 62
On May 3, 2015, Piotr Piotrowski, a distinguished Polish art historian, died at the age of 62. He was born on June 14, 1952, and was known for challenging the narratives surrounding art during the communist era. In the 1970s, his involvement with Poznań's Akumulatory 2 gallery linked him to global neo-avant-garde circles. Piotrowski obtained degrees from Adam Mickiewicz University, where he later taught and held the position of Director from 1999 to 2008. He wrote eighteen books, including 'In the Shadow of Yalta' (2009) and 'Art and Democracy in Post-Communist Europe' (2010). He also led the National Museum in Warsaw from 2009 to 2010 and participated in Solidarity movements, contributing to various Eastern European art initiatives through fellowships and collaborations.
Key facts
- Piotr Piotrowski died May 3, 2015 at age 62
- He was a Polish art historian specializing in Eastern European art
- Served as Director of National Museum in Warsaw 2009-2010
- Authored 'In the Shadow of Yalta' (2009), first English comparative study of postwar Eastern European art
- Was involved with Akumulatory 2 gallery in Poznań in the 1970s
- Participated in underground Solidarity movement 1981-1989
- Taught at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań throughout his career
- Had fellowships at multiple U.S. institutions including Getty, Princeton, and Columbia
Entities
Artists
- Piotr Piotrowski
- Jarosław Kozłowski
- Zofia Kulik
- Georges Didi-Huberman
- Hans Belting
- T. J. Clark
- Rosalyn Deutsche
- Whitney Davis
- Jonathan Flatley
- Douglas Crimp
- Horst Bredekamp
- Rosalind Krauss
- Nicholas Mirzoeff
- W. J. T. Mitchell
- Mieke Bal
- Hal Foster
- Norman Bryson
- Anna Brzyski
- Richard Kosinsky
- Jan Elantkowski
- Barbara Dudás
Institutions
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- Adam Mickiewicz University
- Institute of Art History at Adam Mickiewicz University
- Akumulatory 2 gallery
- Poznań Academy of Fine Arts
- National Museum in Poznań
- National Museum in Warsaw
- Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw
- Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts
- Columbia University
- Kościuszko Foundation
- Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University
- Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College
- Clark Art Institute
- Getty
- Erste Foundation
- FORMER West project
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- Historians of German and Central European Art & Architecture
- Centropa
- ARTMargins
- Moderna Museet
- Obserwator Publishers
- Dom Wydawniczy REBIS
- Reaktion Books
- Adam Mickiewicz University Press
- Rebis
- Evropa Nostra
- Centar za muzeologiju i heritologiju Univerziteta u Beogradu
- NSZZ Solidarity
- Obserwator Wielkopolski
- Artium Quaestiones
- NIKE award
- Graduate School for East and South-East European Studies
- University of Munich
- University of Regensburg
Locations
- Poland
- Poznań
- Warsaw
- Eastern Europe
- United States
- Washington D.C.
- New York
- France
- England
- Princeton
- Los Angeles
- Stockholm
- Sweden
- Croatia
- Italy
- Belgrade
- Serbia
- Lexington
- Kentucky
- KY
- Munich
- Germany
- Regensburg
- Lublin
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