“Unbeautiful Museums”—a meeting with the curatorial team of the exhibition Warsaw Under Construction 16, "Tough Love: The Museum Between the Square and the Palace"

At the meeting with the curatorial team for this year’s edition of the Warsaw Under Construction festival, we will discuss the key themes taken up in the exhibition. We will examine the new MSN Warsaw building and the site where it stands, i.e. the history of Plac Defilad and the DT Centrum retail buildings across the street, in the context of the post-communist transformation in Poland and the contemporary changes underway in the Warsaw city center. We will also discuss the most important challenges faced today by the museum as an institution, and the social, cultural and political roles that may be fulfilled by museums in today’s world. 

Participants 
Natalia Sielewicz, Tomek Fudala, Niels Olsen, Fredi Fischli

Moderator
Magda Szcześniak

Event accompanying the exhibition Warsaw Under Construction 16, Tough Love: The Museum Between the Square and the Palace