11 am – 3 pm
Expert panel and debate | GaMA
Maja Demska, Taras Gembik, Michał Grzegorzek, Zofia Reznik, Waldemar Tatarczuk

6 pm – 7:30 pm
A lecture by Kem Collective | Pavilion
Stefa Gosiewska, Ola Knychalska

The queer exhibition projects symposium continues and supplements the exhibition LGBT+ Zones | Queer Art at the Time of the Good Change (team of curators: Tomek Pawłowski-Jarmołajew, Gabi Skrzypczak), held in the summer of 2025 in the Gallery and in the Pavilion.

This exhibition was the first institutional attempt in years to showcase queer art in Poland, focusing on the period 2015-2023. It considered both the impact of the socio-political situation on the creative practices of LGBT+ artists and the transformations and revaluations that occurred during this time within the field of queer art, theory, and activism.

As part of the symposium, we aim to examine curatorial practices and exhibition projects that emerged and developed in different parts of Poland during the period under study. Our goal is to reflect collectively on the models of collaboration and support that enabled the creation of spaces for queer voices and sensibilities. We will explore how galleries, exhibitions, and ephemeral events functioned as platforms for self-organization, gestures of protest, or tools for the institutionalization of queer practices. What does queer sensibility mean in the context of curatorial and exhibition practices, and what does it look like in practice?

The event will consist of case studies presentations by invited curators: Maja Demska, Taras Gembik, Michał Grzegorzek, and Waldemar Tatarczuk, a panel summing up the interventions moderated by Zo Reznik, and a performative lecture by KEM Collective. The presentations and panel discussion will serve as a tool for mapping the queer topography of exhibitions in Poland – practices developed at the intersection of art and activism, intimacy and politics, institutions and self-organization.