The Woman Question 1550-2025

The monumental exhibition “The Woman Question 1550-2025” has opened at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Warsaw. Organized by curator and art historian Alison M. Gingeras, this exhibition challenges the notion that women were largely absent from art before the late 1800s. The nine-part visual narrative is a testament to the enduring and dynamic creativity of women artists over the last 500 years. The result is a collection of nearly 200 works, including paintings by Renaissance, Baroque and 19th-century women artists through more contemporary works, offering a centuries-long visual history of women’s “emancipation.”

Curator: Alison M. Gingeras

Cooperation: Ewa Klekot, Beata Purc

21.11.2025–03.05.2026

Maria Pinińska-Bereś is also participating in the exhibition. Two of her works are shown: “swing Corset” (1965) from the collection of the National Museum in Krakow and “Erotic swaddling blanket” (1974) from the family collection.

Photo by Bettina Bereś

As a result of Bettina Bereś’s intervention, the way “Becik erotic” was displayed was changed twice.