Inspiration

The Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk ranks among the most ambitious history museums in Europe. It tells the story of the war through multiple perspectives — European rather than national in its outlook. It is a stance that has brought the institution under considerable political pressure, and one that it now upholds with renewed clarity under director Rafał Wnuk. The conversation offers a closer look at the values and structures that define it.

Art and cultural institutions are coming under increasing political and societal pressure — a point made clear by Christoph Möllers in his online keynote.

Moderated by Dr Jeanne Bindernagel, Programme Developer at the German Federal Cultural Foundation, Borisav Matić (NEBITEF Belgrade), Jakub Depczyński (Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw) and Natalie Giorgadze (Culture Action Europe) shared and discussed their personal experiences of authoritarian interventions in artistic freedom during a panel discussion.