Karol Radziszewski. Photo: Kuba Dabrowski

Artist talk: Karol Radziszewski

Conversation

30.1 2026

Stockholm

Karol Radziszewski’s practice begins with the archive. For the past two decades, he has gathered stories, materials, and oral histories systematically excluded from mainstream narratives. Hear the artist in conversation with curator Hendrik Folkerts at the opening of the exhibition “The Classroom”.

Artist talk: Karol Radziszewski

Conversation

Date

Friday 30 January 2026

Time

16.30–17.30

Place

The Cinema, floor 2

Language

English

Tickets

Free of charge, no pre-registration required

Contact: Alexander Kateb, Moderna Museet

Karol Radziszewski (born 1980, Białystok; lives and works in Warsaw) works in film, painting, installation, and publishing. His practice examines queer histories in Central and Eastern Europe and how they can be made visible through artistic and editorial means. He is the founder of the Queer Archives Institute and the editor of DIK Fagazine, both of which function as platforms for research, exhibition, and exchange. Through these interconnected projects, Radziszewski develops a visual and discursive framework that links art-making with archiving, education, and activism.

Hiacynt (2023)

The painting “Hiacynt” (2023) serves as the blackboard in the exhibition The Classroom and references Akcja Hiacynt (Operation Hyacinth). This was a large-scale police operation carried out between 1985 and 1987, aimed at registering all homosexuals in Poland. While the operation involved repression and led to emigration, it also sparked a counter-movement, including the formation of Warszawski Ruch Homoseksualny (Warsaw Homosexual Movement).