East-Central European Art Forum
According to Piotr Piotrowski, the core of practicing art history and scientific research resides in meetings and vibrant discussions with scholars, art writers, artists, and curators. Piotrowski became a major figure of the East-Central European art scholarship not only because of his writings but also owing to the fact that he was building networks. We are under no illusion that we can replace him in that. Yet, as his intellectual heirs, we perceive it as both a challenge and an opportunity to continue his work of bringing people together. Therefore, we intend to initiate the East-Central European Art Forum – regular, biennial meetings of scholars working on East-Central European art of the 20th and 21st century.
Forums will be organized alternately in Poznań (at the Adam Mickiewicz University where Piotr Piotrowski worked throughout his life) and in another city important for the research on the region, but not necessarily restricted to its geographic boundaries. Such a global perspective was strongly advocated by Piotrowski during the final stages of his work. The first Forum will be organized in Poznań in October of 2018.
The Forum Advisory Board:
Edit András (Hungarian Academy of Sciences), Maria Hlavajova (BAK, Utrecht), Luiza Nader (Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw), Sven Spieker (University of California, Santa Barbara)