Accompanying event to the outdoor exhibition "WE ARE BUILDING A NEW HOME. Reconstruction of Warsaw in the years 1945–1952." At the exhibition, you will see unique photos of Warsaw from the second half of the 1940s and the first half of the 1950s. The exhibition will be guided by its curators: - Jerzy S. Majewski - Tomasz Markiewicz 📍 Location: in front of the TWON building, Teatralny Square 1 (at the corner with Moliera Street) 👤 Jerzy S. Majewski Art historian, Varsavianist, publicist, and journalist. Associated with the monthly "Stolica." For many years, he collaborated with "Gazeta Stołeczna," the Warsaw supplement to "Gazeta Wyborcza," where from 1993 to 2016 he ran the series "Warsaw Unrebuilt," dedicated to the history of the city's old architecture and the fate of its residents. He is the author and co-author of dozens of books and albums about Warsaw, including "Walkers in Warsaw" – subjective guides to little-known corners of the city, cemeteries, and places associated with the lives of Fryderyk Chopin and Maria Skłodowska-Curie. In 2019, his book "The History of Warsaw Cinemas" was published by Agora Publishing House. For years, he has also been involved in contemporary architecture criticism, publishing reviews in the monthly "Architektura-Murator." From 2019 to 2021, he was the host and scriptwriter of the series "City Rhythm," produced by Canal+ television, dedicated to the cultural landscape of cities in Poland. Author of the blog miastarytm.pl. He is a member of the Team for the Intangible Heritage of Warsaw at the President of the Capital City of Warsaw. 👤 Tomasz Markiewicz Journalist, historian, publicist. He specializes in the history of Warsaw in the 19th and 20th centuries. Author of monographic studies in collective editions: including "Historical Center of Warsaw" (1998), "The Great Book of Warsaw" (2001), "Building a Beautiful Warsaw... For a New Landscape of the Capital (1944-1956)" (2003), "Warsaw's Losses 1939-1945. Report" (2005), "Halfway There. Warsaw Between Paris and Kyiv" (2006), and Andrzej Zborski's photo album "Between Bagatela and Zgoda" (2010). Author of exhibitions on material culture, architecture, monument protection, and the history of Warsaw, including "The Return of the City. Zielna 37 and Surroundings – Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow" (2006), "Poles by Choice. Families of German Origin in Warsaw in the 19th and 20th Centuries" (2010, jointly with Tadeusz W. Świątek and Krzysztof Wittels), "We Are Building a New Home. Reconstruction of Warsaw in the years 1945-1952" (2011, jointly with Jerzy S. Majewski), "John Vachon. Three Times Poland" (2014, jointly with Sławomir Rybałtowski). In 1993, together with Jerzy S. Majewski, he initiated the series of columns "Warsaw Unrebuilt" in "Gazeta Wyborcza," which was published in book form as "Warsaw Unrebuilt" in 1998. Chairman of the Association of Cultural Heritage Caretakers of Warsaw "ZOK" – one of the first independent social organizations in Warsaw after 1981. The partner is the Grand Theatre – National Opera. The outdoor exhibition is part of the program prepared for the 80th anniversary of the beginning of Warsaw's reconstruction, organized by the Capital City of Warsaw. 🔗 Learn more about the exhibition: https://dsh.waw.pl/budujemy-nowy-dom-odbudowa
