In an exclusive interview for Rosemont Art Advisory, Marta Kołakowska, founder of the Gallery Leto in Warsaw – who has been described by Los Angeles curator Martha Kirzenbaum in The New York Times as “one of the most generous and unmissable forces in the Polish art world” – told us about her gallery and her favorite Polish artists collectible on the International art market scene.
Please tell our readers about Leto Gallery.
Leto Gallery is a major player on the Polish contemporary art scene. Throughout unique choices of its founder – Marta Kolakowska, the gallery established its position as a place of cooperation, education and promotion of the millennial generation of artist, those who mostly came of age after the fall of communism in 1989. Their work is expressive, introverted, brutal and even harsh.
We do believe that our greatest resource is the human one. At Leto Gallery we believe that at the end of the day it is all about building strong connections to people and being honest with what we are doing. And by default have some fun in the meantime.
Who are you favorite artist ?
Angelika Markul
Aleksandra Waliszewska
Alex Urban
Bianka Rolando
Konrad Smolenski
Radek Szlaga
Maurycy Gomulicki
Marcin Dudek
Honza Zamojski
Wojciech Ireneusz Sobczyk
Could you tell us more about the gallery's 2020 program?
January / February solo Marcina Dudka
February / Material Art Fair Mexico / Aleksandra Waliszewska + Maurycy Gomulicki
April – Collaboartion within FOAF with DREI Gallery - Julia Scher
June - Rafał Dominik
September - Warsaw Gallery Weekend - Wojciech Ireneusz Sobczyk
If you could choose to exhibit any artist, even from another era, who would you pick?
If I could go wild and put on the exhibition of my dreams, it would be a group show, titled Aleksandra Waliszewska and the Quattrocento Masters. At The Uffizi, of course. I don’t see why not.
Thank you.
For more information about the gallery please visit: https://leto.pl/ or contact Karolina Blasiak at k.blasiak@rosemont-mc.com