A Conservative Director Takes Over A Leading Polish Contemporary Art Museum And Aims To Change Its Politics

Artists are expected to make work about fighting climate change and fascism, or promoting gay rights, Piotr Bernatowicz says. “Artists who do not adopt this ideology are marginalized,” he said. Bernatowicz wants to change that and promote artists who have other views: conservative, patriotic, pro-family. His plans are transforming the museum into the latest battleground in Poland’s culture wars, which pit liberals against the governing populist Law and Justice Party, as well as other conservative groups. – The New York Times