NADA (New Art Dealers Association) in New York announced the participants for NADA Villa Warsaw, a new member-driven, collaborative exhibition to take place May 15–19, 2024 at the historic Villa Gawrońskich. NADA Villa Warsaw brings together a diverse selection of 43 international galleries and art spaces from 24 cities to present artists in a collaborative exhibition format, engaging the distinctive character of Villa Gawrońskich, a neo-baroque architectural landmark located in the heart of Warsaw.
Organized with Michał Kaczyński (Raster), Marta Kołakowska (LETO Gallery), and Joanna Witek-Lipka (Warsaw Gallery Weekend), the initiative builds on Raster’s series of Villa Projects, an art fair alternative first initiated in Warsaw in 2006, with iterations held in Iceland, Japan, and Canada.“
Perhaps reflecting on Poland’s current geographical & political landscape the Warsaw-based jury included galleries from Tblisi (artbeat , The Why Not Gallery) Vilnius (AV17 Gallery) and Kyiv (Voloshyn Gallery) along with 18 Polish galleries and a spattering of galleries from the so-called from Eastern Europe (now Central Europe) – such as SVIT from Prague, TOMAS UMRIAN from Bratislava, Plan B (Cluj-Napoca), Kisterem from Budapest and interestingly no German galleries.
The Villa model has served as an incubator for galleries that have gone on to become leaders and fearless experimentalists. It is only fitting that Villa should return to Poland; and exciting that this homecoming should be realized in collaboration with NADA, the international arts organization most deeply engaged in helping galleries from across the globe work together said Jeffrey Rosen of Misako & Rosen and Co-President of the NADA Board of Directors.
“We are thrilled to partner with NADA to bring together an international group of like-minded gallerists and artists in Warsaw for this unique collaborative exhibition, and look forward to welcoming the public to NADA Villa Warsaw to experience the vibrancy and energy of the contemporary art scene in our region,” said Marta Kołakowska, Founder of LETO Gallery.
Possibly reflecting on Poland’s current geographical & political landscape VILLA WARSAW includes galleries from Tblisi (artbeat , The Why Not Gallery) Vilnius (AV17 Gallery) and Kyiv (Voloshyn Gallery) along with 18 Polish galleries and a spattering of galleries from the so-called from Eastern Europe (now Central Europe) – such as SVIT from Prague, TOMAS UMRIAN (Bratislava), Plan B (Cluj, Romania), Kisterem (Budapest) among others
The Villa model has served as an incubator for galleries that have gone on to become leaders and fearless experimentalists. It is only fitting that Villa should return to Poland; and exciting that this homecoming should be realized in collaboration with NADA, the international arts organization most deeply engaged in helping galleries from across the globe work together said Jeffrey Rosen of Misako & Rosen and Co-President of the NADA Board of Directors.
“We are thrilled to partner with NADA to bring together an international group of like-minded gallerists and artists in Warsaw for this unique collaborative exhibition, and look forward to welcoming the public to NADA Villa Warsaw to experience the vibrancy and energy of the contemporary art scene in our region,” said Marta Kołakowska, Founder of LETO Gallery.
This is the first project organized by NADA (New Art Dealers) in Europe since its collaboration with Art Cologne several years ago. Not only has NADA announced the Warsaw project but have already announced a Paris project this fall- during (Art Basel) Paris+ and the cutting-edge Paris Internationale fair. Besides its major Miami fair- NADA has stayed close to home in NY.