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CONSERVATOR

Joanna Sitnik-Van Hasselt – a specialist in art conservation, focusing on easel painting and contemporary art. She is a graduate of the Faculty of Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. She gained professional experience in renowned institutions in Belgium and the Netherlands. During this time, she conserved works from Dutch and Belgian museum and public-institution collections, auction houses, private collections, as well as paintings from the palace of the Dutch royal family. She has worked with works by Old Masters such as Aleksander Keirincx, Lucas Gassel, Amedeo Modigliani, Salomon van Ruysdael, as well as contemporary artists including Zdzisław Beksiński, Aslı Çavuşoğlu, and Andrzej Strumiłło.

She currently runs her own conservation studio in Warsaw and organizes professional workshops for art conservators. Joanna Sitnik-Van Hasselt is also the author of the e-book “How to Care for Works of Art: A Guide for Collectors of Painting and Photography” — the first practical guide for collectors in Poland.

About the event: The lecture will focus on the practical aspects of protecting artworks in private collections. Participants will learn how to recognize signs of degradation, how to properly store and display artworks, and how to avoid the most common mistakes that lead to damage. The meeting will also address cooperation with conservators and the importance of preventive conservation. The session will help collectors better protect the durability and value of their collections.

LEGAL COUNSEL
Anita Kozek-Kapuścińska, legal counsel and art historian, whose specialization lies at the intersection of law and art. For many years she has advised participants in the art market and runs a blog and Instagram account under the name www.prawochronisztuke.pl, where she shares her knowledge in an accessible way, raises awareness among artists about the importance of copyright, and offers guidance to collectors.

During the meeting, Anita will discuss legal aspects related to collecting art, including:

1. what steps should be taken before purchasing an artwork to minimize the risk of buying a forgery;
2. what should be included in an artwork sales agreement and why it is worth considering copyright transfer provisions in such contracts;
3. how to secure an art collection in the event of death.

DIGITAL COLLECTIONS SPECIALIST
Adrianna Wiktoria Kowalik, chief curator and coordinator of Secondary Archive at the Katarzyna Kozyra Foundation. Her research focuses on engaged art in Central and Eastern Europe, particularly in Poland, Belarus, and Ukraine, as well as on the relationships between art, politics, and the archive. She completed her MA in contemporary art at Ca’ Foscari University in Venice and continues her research and curatorial work within Secondary Archive. She presented at the international conference Resilience Through Culture in Brussels, where she introduced the research-archival project Secondary Archive: Women Artists in War, documenting the work of Ukrainian women artists creating directly from the war front.

Secondary Archive (secondaryarchive.org) is an online archive and research program dedicated to the history of Central and Eastern European art from the perspective of women. It provides free access to more than 250 profiles of artists from Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary, including texts created collaboratively by artists and curators, biographies, and descriptions of artistic practice.

The aim of the project is to rediscover, document, and promote women artists often overlooked in mainstream art history, and to build a shared cultural heritage of the region after 1989. The archive is open and continuously developing, serving as a space for reflection, research, and international collaboration.