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The free exhibition "Islands of Freedom" at the Bibliothèque Polonaise de Paris from September 11 to November 7, 2026, will explore two centuries of Polish culture in France, through works, publications, correspondence and archives.
The exhibition “Islands of Freedom” showcases three exceptional venues that have become major hubs of Polish culture, independent thinking, and intellectual dialogue in France over the past two centuries: the Bibliothèque Polonaise de Paris, the Institut Littéraire and the journal Kultura in Maisons-Laffitte, as well as the Libella bookshop and the Lambert Gallery.
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Born at different moments in history and responding to the various experiences of Polish emigration, these places shared a single belief: culture and free thought can endure despite political and historical constraints. Each constituted its own independent island, yet they were all connected through a network of people, ideas, books, and artistic and intellectual encounters.
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Konstanty A. Jeleński described this continuity of the Polish emigration tradition with the phrase “Polish continuities,” tying the 19th-century Great Emigration and the founders of the Polish Library to the work of Polish exile circles in the 20th century, such as the founding of the Literary Institute Kultura.
The "Islands of Freedom" exhibition shines a light on this continuity through places, people, and ideas that, despite the upheavals of history, have helped preserve freedom of thought and keep Polish culture alive beyond the country’s borders.
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She will showcase, alongside works by artists linked to the “Islands of Freedom,” publications, letters, and a curated selection of archives drawn from the holdings of the Polish Library of Paris and the Kultura Literary Institute.
Panel discussion at the opening night featuring:
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Anna Bernhardt – Kultura Literary Institute
Guillaume Gros — University of Toulouse II
Piotr Kłoczowski – Adam Mickiewicz Museum of Literature in Warsaw
Mikołaj Nowak-Rogoziński (independent researcher)
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The round-table discussion will be followed by the opening of the exhibition.
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Photos:
- Jerzy Giedroyc in his Paris office at the Literary Institute, 1955; photograph by Henryk Giedroyc, from the archives of the Literary Institute in Paris
- Taternicy - Freedom Couriers, Archives of the Institute of Literature in Paris
- Jerzy Giedroyc, Zofia Hertz and Gustaw Herlin-Grudzinski in Maisons-Laffitte, archival materials from the Literary Institute in Paris
Co-organizer:
The Paris Literary Institute
Free admission
The exhibition will then be open to the public during the following hours:
Tuesday – Friday: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm / 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
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