8th edition WARSAW // 25-29.09.2024

Avant Art Festival has been contributing to the Polish independent culture scene for 16 years, annually inviting non-mainstream artists of the avant-garde and experimental scene from all over the world. As art curators, we are attracted not only by music, but also by painting, street art, installations, film, video art, performance and, in fact, the lack of boundaries in the interpenetration of different art disciplines. The aim of the festival is to present the latest trends in contemporary art, promote Polish artists and integrate artists from all over the world.

For more than a decade, Avant Art as a foundation and festival has been establishing contacts and cooperation with publishers, organisers and organisations from all over the world, creating and taking part in many foreign projects. As a result, artists from non-obvious corners of the world visit the festival cities – in 2022 we realised a showcase by Ugandan label Hakuna Kulala, in 2023 there will be guests from Japan and Indonesia, among others. We would like to strongly emphasise that the festival relies on a careful, long and thoughtful curatorial process, so that there are no random situations in the festival programme.

The event is co-financed by the City of Warsaw.