Born in Warsaw, Hanna Wróblewska she graduated in art history at University of Warsaw. She then continued her education at numerous international courses, gaining skills that later allowed her to shape the Polish art scene.
Hanna Wróblewska, director of Zachęta
Hanna Wróblewska, director of Zachęta in 2010-2021, who, after being dismissed by the PiS government, has worked as deputy director for scientific and exhibition affairs since 2022 Warsaw Ghetto Museum. After she was dismissed by Minister Piotr Gliński, the artists wrote a petition which reads:
Hanna Wróblewska confirmed her skills and even talent in this position. She is devoted to her work without limits, she is an authority for the entire community of curators and artists, also outside Poland (…) people with Hanna Wróblewska’s competences, talents and personal advantages are not often found.
In the years 2011-2021, she was the commissioner of the Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. The national institutions where she worked also include the Museum of Art in Łódź. In the ministry managed by Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz, Hanna Wróblewska headed the Department of National Cultural Institutions.
-I will propose Mrs. Hanna Wróblewska to President Andrzej Duda as the Minister of Culture. All those who are interested in Polish culture know and understand my motivations very well. – said Prime Minister Donald Tusk, presenting the changes in the government. At that time, she said this about the government’s cultural policy: “It assumes a radical reduction in manual control of institutions by the minister, as well as allowing experts and the public to have a say through the presence of stakeholders in program and social councils in all public institutions.”
One of the biggest controversies in which Wróblewska was involved, there was an exhibition focusing on human rights that was criticized by both right-wing and left-wing factions. Wróblewska defended her decision to organize the exhibition, saying: “You can’t be neutral in art that touches on universal values.”
