A lecture as part of the ‘Dojrzali do sztuki’ meeting series, devoted to treasures from the collection of the Muzeum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego Collegium Maius. Participants will discover the stories behind selected objects, examine them up close, and discuss their artistic value and the tales associated with them.
The collections of Collegium Maius include medieval sculptures and decorative works of art, as well as valuable scientific instruments that for centuries served to explore and describe the world. Each object is linked to a different theme: the development of science, changing ideas about the world, artistic craftsmanship and academic traditions.
Practical information:
- format: hybrid, in person at the Muzeum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego Collegium Maius and online via Zoom,
- participation is free of charge,
- duration: approx. 60 minutes,
- a link to the online meeting can be obtained after submitting a registration to warsztaty@mck.krakow.pl,
- contact for detailed enquiries: warsztaty@mck.krakow.pl or phone 12 42 42 860.
Presenter: Dr Małgorzata Jędrzejczyk, art historian and curator. She studied art history at Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Universität Wien and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and is a graduate of the interdisciplinary programme Środowisko–Technologie–Społeczeństwo (UJ). She is the author of academic articles on 20th-century art and architecture and co-curator of the programme ‘Exercising Modernity’ (Pilecki-Institut Berlin). She is researching the concept of space in the work of Katarzyna Kobro as part of her doctoral thesis at the Instytut Historii Sztuki UJ.