Two exhibitions at Krupa Art Foundation open up two distinct worlds: on one hand, Body. Pain and Pleasure brings together four generations of women artists; on the other, Utopias of the Present presents two artists connected not only by generation, but also by geography. Both shows stem from strong curatorial visions by Paulina Olszewska and Romuald Demidenko, who will speak not only about the ideas behind their projects, but also about the practice of working with art, with artists, and with the gallery itself — to create space for art and open new ways of seeing for the audience.

The meeting, co-organised by Mint Magazine and Krupa Art Foundation, will offer a lesson in looking at art through the eyes of those who navigate between the public and the creators.

Date: Wednesday, 5 November 2025
Time: 6:00 PM
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Paulina Olszewska: curator, producer of artistic projects, and writer. In her work, she focuses on the practices of women artists from different generations, embedding their work within contemporary contexts. Her particular interest lies in the legacy of the Bauhaus and its modern reinterpretations. She has collaborated with, among others, Neues Museum in Nuremberg, Jindřich Chalupecký Society in Prague, Prater Galerie in Berlin, OP ENHEIM in Wrocław, Haus am Lützowplatz in Berlin, Kunstfest Weimar, Boris Lurie Art Foundation in New York, BWA Wrocław, and Krakauer Haus in Nuremberg. Since 2019, she has been a curator at Galeria Studio in Warsaw. In 2022, she curated Sharon Lockhart’s project “The Future Should Always Be Better”, presented on the façade of the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw. In 2024, together with the Feminist Seminar, she co-curated the exhibition “We Want the Whole Life. Feminisms in Polish Art” at the State Gallery of Art in Sopot. She lives in Berlin and Warsaw.

Romuald Demidenko: curator, art historian, and writer. He has (co-)curated dozens of exhibitions, including “Somewhere in Between” at BOZAR in Brussels (Fremdkörper chapter with Hélène Jacques), “State of Statelessness” at ISELP in Brussels (with Maxime Gourdon and Alicja Melzacka), and “The Time Is Coming” at the Centre of Polish Sculpture in Orońsko (with Aurelia Nowak and Tomek Pawłowski-Jarmołajew). He was nominated for the Potsdam Curator Prize. His collaborations include the Rupert centre in Vilnius, the Xawery Dunikowski Museum of Sculpture in Królikarnia, the Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, and BWA Zielona Góra. His texts have appeared in Blok Magazine, HART, Echo Gone Wrong, Magazyn Szum, and Nero Magazine. He holds an MA in Art History from the University of Wrocław and a postgraduate Curatorial Studies degree from KASK in Ghent. He is currently affiliated with the Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art.

Moderator: Alek Hudzik, Editor-in-Chief of Mint Magazine