Grażyna Kulczyk

Grażyna Kulczyk
Grażyna Kulczyk
Born (1950-11-05)5 November 1950
Poznań, Poland
Nationality Polish
Alma mater Adam Mickiewicz University
Occupation investor, art collector
Spouse(s) Jan Kulczyk
Children Dominika Kulczyk,
Sebastian Kulczyk

Grażyna Kulczyk (1950–present) is a Polish investor, art collector and philanthropist. Her areas of interest and art commissions combine a number of themes. She is a champion of contemporary art and supporter of avant-garde choreography while also supporting development of new technology and start-ups working to change the world. She is particularly engaged in supporting entrepreneurship among women as well as the equal presence of women in STEM. As a member of the Russia and Eastern Europe Acquisitions Committee, Ms. Kulczyk supports London’s Tate Modern. She joined the board of the Modern Women’s Fund Committee of the Museum of Modern Art, New York in 2015, and has been a board member of Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw for almost 10 years. Ms. Kulczyk has been recognised as one of the 200 Top Collectors in the world by Art News magazine.[1][2]

Kulczyk is the former wife of Jan Kulczyk with whom she had two children, Dominika (born 1977) and Sebastian (born 1980).[3]

Muzeum Susch

Muzeum Susch, a major new space and home for experimental approaches to contemporary art, will open to the public on 2nd January 2019 in Susch, a remote town on the ancient pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela in the Engadin valley of the Swiss Alps.[4][5]

The museum, founded and created by Grażyna Kulczyk, is located among the remains of a rural monastery founded in 1157 at the foot of the Flüela Pass. The church, the former vicarage, the hospice and the economic building contained the image of a closed monastery district, which is still clearly visible today in its buildings and its borders. From the 19th century it became an industrial brewery building, situated above a naturally-occurring mountain water source.

The reading and perception of the place is ambiguous: both religious – monastic and naturally historic. The whole project balances sympathy to the history of the building, establishing space for a contemporary art museum within this context while introducing minimal architectural interventions. Muzeum Susch honours the heritage of its singular location, encouraging contemplation, meditation and perhaps a new kind of pilgrimage. The multi-faceted project comprises over 1,500 m2 of gallery spaces which will show both site-specific permanent artworks and a regular programme of curated, temporary exhibitions; an annual discursive symposium, Disputaziuns Susch; an academic institute supporting research on gender issues in art and science, Instituto Susch, in collaboration with Institut Kunst, Basel; and Acziun Susch, an extension of the existing performative programme in Poznań, Poland, Old Brewery New Dance, that for almost 20 years has striven to popularise, promote and present the art of contemporary choreography. These activities are interconnected by means of a residency programme, Temporars Susch, which invites artists, curators, choreographers, writers and researchers to the idyllic alpine region, and offers the potential to engage with its environs over an extended time frame. [6] [7]

Kulczyk previously owned the art and performance space Stary Browar in Poznan, which she bought in 1998 and sold in 2015.[8][9][10]

References

  1. ↑ "Grażyna Kulczyk -". ARTnews. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
  2. ↑ "Die zehn wichtigsten Player im Kunst-Business - Handelszeitung". Handelszeitung (in German). Retrieved 2018-09-17.
  3. ↑ Poland's richest man, Jan Kulczyk, dies at 65, http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/07/29/uk-poland-kulczyk-idUKKCN0Q30PR20150729
  4. ↑ "Collector Grażyna Kulczyk to Open New Experimental Arts Space in the Swiss Alps". www.artforum.com. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
  5. ↑ "Subscribe to read". Financial Times. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
  6. ↑ "Collector's Eye: Grazyna Kulczyk". www.theartnewspaper.com. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
  7. ↑ "Grosses Projekt in kleinem Dorf". www.engadinerpost.ch (in German). Retrieved 2018-09-17.
  8. ↑ "Polish collector Grazyna Kulczyk to launch sprawling contemporary art complex in secluded Swiss valley town". www.theartnewspaper.com. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
  9. ↑ Berendt, Joanna (30 November 2015). "Polish Philanthropist, Grazyna Kulczyk, Is Seeking to Open Museum in Warsaw". New York Times. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  10. ↑ Adam, Georgina (7 March 2014). "Grazyna Kulczyk's collection on show at Boadilla del Monte, Madrid". Financial Times. Retrieved 1 December 2015.


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