Artours Warsaw provides contemporary art tours in the city of Warsaw. It is a platform which makes the local art scene more accessible to a broader audience of tourists, artists, curators, art collectors and experts. Individuals and groups who visit Warsaw and willing to have a peek into the local and vibrant contemporary art scene are welcome to enjoy an organized and curated program of visits to
galleries, museums and public institutions combined with studio visits of Warsaw based artists, meetings with curators and gallery owners and exposure to the great public art which is spread all around the city. The program of Artours changes regularly in accordance with the program of museums, public institutions and private galleries in Warsaw. Artours is for Everyone. Contemporary Art can be attractive to all people from all backgrounds and age groups. Each tour is carefully and thoughtfully curated and tailored for a specific group or individuals. All tours are in English and are an excellent platform for non-polish speakers who visit or live in Warsaw to explore the city from a contemporary art perspective. There are tours made especially for art professionals (art collectors, students in exchange programs, guests of universities and other public institutions) as well as tours provided for both tourists and locals who are interested in the contemporary art scene of Warsaw. Artours focus on Warsaw’s art scene. There are more than 30 private galleries active in Warsaw and more than 20 museums and public institutions. Artours program’s is constantly updated in order to bring you to the best and most important exhibitions and art events Warsaw has to offer. Occasionally Artours will provide exceptional tours outside of Warsaw to its suburbs or to nearby cities with an interesting art scene. Artours is a platform that offers an exclusive exposure of the local art scene to all kinds of audience who seek to learn and visit the most important contemporary art institutions in Warsaw. All tours are guided in English which enables non polish speakers who visit Warsaw (or even live here) to learn about the art scene, its history and its important and influential figures. Warsaw has a lot to offer when it comes to contemporary art. There are about 50 art institutions and galleries which are active today in the city. There is a great Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw which has a rich history of raising generations of Polish artists who are active both in Poland and outside. The history of Poland has a lot of influence on the local art scene and one needs to have a careful look in order to see the bigger picture and understand the historical narrative. That is exactly what Artours does and is very happy to share with you. WHO I AM? Artours is an initiative of the Warsaw based artist, curator and writer Yael Vishnizki. Yael (b. 1988 in New-York) has a BFA in Photography from ‘The Bezalel Academy of Art and Design’ in Jerusalem, Israel. In 2014 she moved from Tel-Aviv to Lublin, Poland after she received a grant from the European Union to do a project connected to the Jewish history of Lublin. She initiated and curated the interdisciplinary project ‘Six Verbs Movement’ which involved Polish, German and Israeli artists. Yael moved to Warsaw from Lublin after she completed her Artistic fellowship there in 2015 because she fell in love with Warsaw’s contemporary art scene. Her first words in Polish were ‘Sztuka Współczesna’ (contemporary art). Now, along to maintaining her artistic practice, she is a freelance curator and writer. Yael speaks English and Hebrew as her native languages as well as basic Polish, Yiddish and Arabic. Artours collaborates with Kompania Środkowoeuropejska
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