Meeting: “Polish Architecture in Tel Aviv, 1932-1936. Lecture by Dr. Artur Tanikowski"

April 13, 6 pm

At the meeting we moved to Tel Aviv in the 1930s for the Levant Fair. The event offered invited countries an opportunity to showcase their achievements: they built national pavilions and displayed advancements in their culture and economy to stimulate trade. Poland took an active part in the Levant Fair.

Dr. Artur Tanikowski’s book and film, “The Eagle and the Winged Camel. Poland at the Levant Fair in Tel Aviv 1932–1936”, introduce an important episode of Polish modernism, showing the evolution of styles, creators and designers of subsequent Polish pavilions, and offering a glimpse at the cultural and economic background of the interwar period.

Digital version of the book is available at: https://cutt.ly/K4RYfaU

Guest:

Dr. Artur Tanikowski

Venue:

International Cultural Centre, Rynek Główny 25, “The Ravens” Hall

The meeting was interpreted into Polish Sign Language.

Biographical note:

dr Artur Tanikowski – works at the research department of Narodowy Instytut Architektury i Urbanistyki. Academic lecturer, custodian, and exhibition curator, curated among others the following exhibitions:”Gdynia – Tel Awiw”, “Frank Stella and synagogues of historic Poland”, “Wojciech Wilczyk: (in)visible”, “Kolory tożsamości” [The colours of identity]. His reaserch focuses on modern achitecture and visual culture of 20th and 21st century, and the art created by Polish Jews. He is a book author, and published in collective publications as well as magazines, e.g. “Biuletyn Historii Sztuki”, “Ars Judaica”, “Autoportret”, “Techne”, “Odra”. He won twice the “Sybilla” award for the best museum exhibition.

Project co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, as part of the programme “Inspiring culture”