EXPERT EYE/Brilliant individualist or imitator? On the Migration of Ideas and Ideas in Ancient Art

4:00 p.m.

Conducted by: Paweł Bień

Individuality is one of the qualities most valued in art today. Contemporary artists often develop their own recognizable artistic language. However, originality was not always so highly valued. What did the migration of creative solutions and artistic concepts look like before the introduction of the Copyright Act? Let's take a look at whether surely “secondaryness” should always be perceived negatively.

[tickets for PLN 30 and PLN 15 available at the box office and online from] (https://bilety.mnw.art.pl/rezerwacja/termin.html?y=2026&m=5&back=1&idl=1&idw=755&idg=16)6 Oct.

Paweł Bień — assistant professor in the Collections of Early European Art, poet, curator of exhibitions, author of the book Nieobce. Stories about the works of former masters from Polish collections (PWN 2026).

Date: Saturday, October 17, 4 p.m./[Check the dates of the next meetings] (https://www.mnw.art.pl/edukacja/mlodziez-dorosli/eksperckim-okiem/)

Duration: approx. 80 minutes
Meeting place: MNW Main Building, permanent galleries, meeting in the Main Hall
For whom: youth, adults and seniors
Rules of participation: [tickets at the price of PLN 30 and PLN 15 available at the box office and online from 10.00 on Tuesday — two weeks before the event] (https://bilety.mnw.art.pl/termin.html?y=2026&m=10&back=1&idl=1&idw=755&idg=16)

Event availability: no architectural barriers, induction loop

[Detailed information on the availability of the National Museum in Warsaw can be found in the Museum available tab] (http://www.mnw.art.pl/wizyta/muzeum-dostepne/informacje-dla-osob-z-niepelnosprawnosciami/).

EXPERT EYE
Do you want to know more about the works from the MNW collection? Or are you curious about the daily work of custodians and custodians of museum collections or the creation of a curatorial concept of an exhibition? We invite you to meet with specialists and specialists of the museum, who will tell about the selected objects and their scientific interests. It will also be an opportunity to ask questions that bother you and talk about the creation of museum narratives.

[See full programme of events within the cycle] (https://www.mnw.art.pl/edukacja/mlodziez-dorosli/eksperckim-okiem/)

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Illustration: Lucas Cranach senior, Adam and Eve, [see object in Digital MNW] (https://cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl/pl/zbiory/443767)