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The international exhibition “Belarusian Artists in Exile” will open on November 14 at the Church of All Saints on Grzybowski Square in Warsaw. The exhibition is held under the patronage of the Archdiocese of Warsaw. Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese and Chairman of the Council for Culture and the Protection of Cultural Heritage of the Polish Episcopal Conference Michał Janocha will attend the opening ceremony.
The international humanitarian art project “Belarusian Artists in Exile” was founded in the Czech Republic by Diana Shilina to support Belarusian artists living in exile and introduce European audiences to contemporary Belarusian art. Before coming to Warsaw, the exhibition was presented in Prague, Kraków and Vienna.
As the initiative was originally conceived as a humanitarian project, it is not limited to a single artistic concept. The artists are brought together by their shared experience of forced emigration. The exhibition features works by artists with very different backgrounds, styles and creative approaches, ranging from classical realism and symbolism to abstraction and expressionism.
Eighteen artists currently living and working in different European countries are taking part in the Warsaw exhibition: Olga Yakubouskaya, Tatsiana Savich, Iryna Khvaynitskaya, Natallia Bord, Jaraslau Kirvel, Lana Grybanskaya, Wladyslaw Zalenski, Maryia Sanko, Sviatlana Ilyashenka, Yauheniya Paluyan, Ekaterina Evdokimova, Ivan Zhukau, Olga Silivanchyk, Alina Lark, Andrei Dukhounikau, Maciej Velhas, Alexandr Schdanowitsch and Pavel Voinitski.
According to the organisers, the project has received an Apostolic Blessing from Pope Leo XIV, as well as letters of support and blessings from 21 cardinals of the Catholic Church from various countries. The initiative has also received support from representatives of the royal houses of Belgium and the Netherlands, and France’s First Lady Brigitte Macron.
The official opening will take place on Saturday, November 14, 2026, at 11:30 a.m. Venue: Church of All Saints (Plac Grzybowski 3/5, 00-115 Warsaw).
The exhibition will run from November 14 to December 6, 2026.