Opening of the exhibition "Gifts of Friendship" at the Museum of Art ms2

This is particularly significant for the Museum of Art in Łódź, which emerges from a gesture of giving: the transfer of the International Collection of Modern Art of the "a.r." group to the residents of Łódź in 1931. The Museum as an institution was created as a result of an administrative decision, but also as an effect of friendship and artistic collaboration. Katarzyna Kobro, Władysław Strzemiński, Henryk Stażewski, Jan Brzękowski and Julian Przyboś not only shaped a new collection – they designed a new model of institution. They relied on trust and exchange, rather than solely on the right of ownership. Thanks to the gifts they obtained from artists of the European avant-garde – including Hans Arp, Alexander Calder, Theo van Doesburg, Max Ernst, Fernand Léger, Kurt Schwitters, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Georges Vantongerloo – a collection was created in Łódź of significant importance.