The Museum is open 11:00 – 19:00
Cinema is closed now
The Museum is open 11:00 – 19:00
Cinema is closed now
Debate
Do we need leftist museums?
An event accompanying The Impermament: Works from the MSN Collection
Location
Auditorium
Language
English
Admission
Free thanks to the cooperation with the Audi brand
Since 2018, the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw has been a member of L’Internationale, a confederation of institutions dealing with modern and contemporary art. The members of L’Internationale are considered left-wing institutions – the network includes many European museums that have been implementing engaged, progressive programs for years. At the meeting in the MSN Auditorium their representatives will discuss the state, role, and place of left-wing museums today.
Members of L’Internationale will talk about how they understand the idea of a left-wing museum and what the histories of their institutions, developed over the last twenty years in various social and political contexts – in Spain, Croatia, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Poland – look like. How have their vision and methods changed over time and what has shaped them? How did they understand their mission and goals, and did they manage to achieve them? What were their successes and failures? They will also talk about what a left-wing museum can mean today, in a world of rising right politics, spreading wars, geopolitical changes, and intensifying social, cultural, and economic conflicts.
L'Internationale is a confederation of museums, modern and contemporary art institutions, research centres and European arts organisations. Its name originates from the workers’ anthem calling for an equal, democratic society and referencing the workers’ movement across history. From local, shared stories, L'Internationale focuses on what is to come, imagining, developing and implementing new perspectives to build a fair, democratic and sustainable future for everyone across the globe.
L’Internationale Association was formed In 2020 as an independent entity with the aim of supporting research and programming initiatives of the L’Internationale confederation.