Malgorzata Ludwisiak, Ph.D

Function: Chief Curator of Modern Art Department in National Museum, art critic, manager and academic teacher Country: Poland Visiting period: 22 - 26 May Visiting year: 2022

She is a member of CIMAM board (Scientific Committee and Museum Watch Committee). She was a director of Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw (2014-2019), a vice-director of the Muzeum Sztuki in Lodz (2008-2014), director of the International Łódź Biennale (2006) and initiator and director of Łódź Design Festival (2007). She curated a.o. El Hadji Sy. At First I Thought I Was Dancing (2016, CCA in Warsaw) and Correspondences. Modern Art and Universalism (with Jaroslaw Lubiak; 2012-13, Muzeum Sztuki in Lodz). As a researcher and writer she focuses on the social role of contemporary art and its institutions.