About Us 

Contemporary Lynx Foundation supports the broadly understood artistic and artistically-oriented educational activity, particularly in the field of promotion and popularisation of Polish art abroad. The foundation was set up in 2018 by Dobromiła Błaszczyk and Sylwia Krasoń in Warsaw. 

As a part of its programme, the foundation organises various artistic projects: text publications focused on contemporary art, workshops, and artistic events. 

 

The Status of the Foundation – download

 

Goals  

The goal of the foundation is the pursuit of cultural and culturally-oriented educational activity, particularly in the field of promotion and popularisation of Polish art abroad. This includes: 

  • aiding the development of creative enviroments focused on visual arts 
  • raising awarness of Polish and international art
  • pursuing research on contemporary visual culture
  • promoting the international cooperation of Polish and foreign artistic environment

Board

Foundation Chairman

Sylwia Krasoń is an art historian and the co-founder of the Contemporary Lynx art organisation and independent publisher in London since 2013, as well as the vice chairman of the Contemporary Lynx Foundation in Warsaw since 2018. She took over as president of the foundation from March 2024. The editor in chief of the Contemporary Lynx monthly Online, as well as the printed semi-annual magazine about Polish art and culture. She holds a master’s degree in art history attained at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow and a Master of Arts degree in Arts Management and Policy from Birkbeck College in London. She has worked, among others, for Saatchi Gallery, Philips de Pury, and Barbican Art Gallery in London. She is an author of texts about art, a speaker at conferences and a guest at multiple discussion panels, as well as a member of competition juries, author of workshops and mentor sessions for artists.

What we do

We develop local, national, and international partnerships which contribute to the rise of new initiatives in the field of visual arts.

„Pracownie w Sieci”

[„Workshops in the Web”]

In 2020 and 2021 the Contemporary Lynx Foundation completed a project called „ Pracownie w Sieci” [„Workshops in the Web”], financed by Biuro Stołeczne Konserwatora Zabytków (KZ) Urzędu Miasta Warszawa. Our team created a series of articles about studios in Warsaw and artists, including Magdalena Abakanowicz, Barbara Niezgoda and her granddaughter Paulina Tyro-Niezgoda, and Wanda Czełkowska. As a result, 15 highly substantive texts about incredible art studios in Warsaw were created.

Pracownie w Sieci

Nagroda AllegroPrize

Leading award for international artists

We co-organise the annual international Art Prize in partnership with Allegro, the largest Polish e-commerce platform, which has been promoting antiques and art since 2018. The aim is to discover new talents, support them financially, and present their work on an unprecedented scale. Allegro Prize is addressed to visual artists of all disciplines and from any country—art students, graduates, and even those who have not attended an art school but have documentation of their work. The cash prize pool is 50 000 PLN. A prestigious jury, consisting of artists, curators, and collectors, selects 3 winners and 10 shortlists.

Allegro Prize

Editorial-Publishing Activity

Contemporary Lynx Magazine

The Board of the Contemporary Lynx Foundation has a 10-year experience in editing and publishing. We permanently collaborate with a large team of closely affiliated editors, translators and proof-readers. Our team is composed of a thoroughly built network of experienced and opinion-forming editors, critics, art historians, film experts and cultural theorists, as well as experts specialising in various fields. Simultaneously, we actively acquire and train young editors who have recently graduated or are still studying at renowned universities. Together, this makes about 50 people.

Magazine

Our Mission

We support artistic environments locally and internationally. We popularise Polish art on the international arena, foster the access to culture, and develop research on contemporary art. We promote artistic education and train a new generation of cultural managers through original educational programmes, and teach courses preparing young artists for an international career.

"Artist - studio - legacy", panel discussion on historic artist studios, photo by Patrycja Głusiec.

Support

We support creative environments working in the field of visual arts.

Expansion

We expand the awareness of Polish art abroad.

Development

We develop research on contemporary visual culture.

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Popularisation

We popularise various educational forms in the field of visual arts.

Education:
We educate cultural managers and artists

Our team has created a unique programme aimed at training people in the field of creative thinking and knowledge on magazine publishing and independent publishers. We run workshops on two topics – „Storytelling for the creative” and „How to create your own publication” – in Poland and abroad. It’s a unique programme, developed to train people in creative thinking and knowledge on magazine publishing and independent publishers. The workshops were conducted in a tight collaboration with, among others, Zachętą in Warsaw, Centrala, an artistic organisation in Birmingham, POSK library in Londoni, PUNO university in London, Poznań University of Economics and Business etc.