Permanent Transience: Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź under Jaromir Jedliński (1991–1996)

This article undertakes to analyze the functioning of Muzeum Sztuki (Museum of Art) in Łódź during the period of political transformation. Focusing on the directorship of Jaromir Jedliński, it seeks to reconstruct his strategies and actions in response to the profound political, economic, and institutional shifts that reshaped the museum landscape after 1989. The text highlights the persistent underfunding, the absence of a stable legal framework, and internal tensions within the museum community. Particular emphasis is placed on Jedliński’s attempts to align the museum’s operations with the emerging system of cultural financing, all while contending with the enduring legacy of Ryszard Stanisławski. Drawing on archival materials and contemporaneous press accounts, the article presents Jedliński’s tenure not merely as a series of individual decisions, but more crucially, as a manifestation of broader systemic processes linked to the post-socialist transition.