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Museum open from 12:00pm
Cinema is closed now
PAVILION OF DANCE AND OTHER PERFORMATIVE ARTS
The project for establishing the Pavilion of Dance and Other Performativve Arts was launched in 2023 by the Culture Office of the City of Warsaw and called for formation and design of a one-year pilot program for dance, choreography and performance art via open consultations and research.
On 4 April 2024 the Warsaw City Council approved an amendment to the statute of MSN Warsaw, recognizing the Pavilion on the Vistula as a branch of the museum. At the session on 14 March 2024, the city council awarded an investment grant to MSN Warsaw for renovation and fit-out of the pavilion. Thanks to these decisions, a pilot program for dance and other performative arts will launch in 2025 at the pavilion.
The Warsaw community of dance and choreography artists, as well as institutions and organizations active in this area, were invited to discuss the new space. The community consultations ran from September 2023 to March 2024, and were conducted by the Warsaw Cultural Observatory. In June 2024 MSN Warsaw and the Culture Office of the City of Warsaw announced an open competition to draw up the conception for the pilot curatorial program for the space of the Pavilion of Dance and Other Performative Arts. Two applications by artistic and curatorial collectives, and one individual application, were admitted to the second stage of the competition. The results will be released on 15 November 2024.
The Pavilion on the Vistula is located in the Powiśle neighborhood, at Wybrzeże Kościuszkowskie 22, adjacent to the Copernicus Science Center and the University of Warsaw Library. It was designed by the Austrian architect Adolf Krischanitz. In 2008–2010 it served as the temporary home of Kunsthalle Berlin. Then, in 2016, the pavilion was lent free of charge to MSN Warsaw by the Vienna-based foundation Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, established in 2002 by Francesca von Habsburg with the mission of promoting experimental art and architecture.
A painted work by Sławomir Pawszak has adorned the façade of the Pavilion on the Vistula since 2017. Renovation of the pavilion will begin at the end of 2024, followed by adaptation of the building to serve its new function. The start date for the one-year pilot program will depend on the timetable for the renovation work, and is projected to be in mid-2025.
