Jakub Dąbrowski

Jakub Dąbrowski serves as an Assistant Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw within the Faculty of Artistic Research and Curatorial Studies and its Department of Artistic Research and Curatorial Studies, specializing in art-law intersections and post-1945 contemporary art history.

His academic foundation includes:

• Graduate studies in Law/Administration and Art History at Adam Mickiewicz University (Poznań)
• Studies at Dartington College of Arts (UK)
• Internships at Tate Modern Gallery (London) working on Kandinsky/Albers/Moholy-Nagy exhibitions
• Work in the Word & Image Department at Victoria & Albert Museum (London)
• PhD defended in 2013 at Adam Mickiewicz University's Institute of Art History

Dr. Dąbrowski's research centers on legal frameworks governing artistic expression, with seminal work examining censorship in post-1989 Polish art. His doctoral dissertation evolved into the two-volume monograph Censorship in Polish Art after 1989 (translated into English in 2019), analyzing legal dimensions and artist-politics dynamics. Current habilitation research investigates appropriation strategies in Polish art, extending his critical analysis of artistic freedom within socio-political contexts.

His scholarly impact is recognized through major awards:

• Szczęsny Dettloff Art Historians Association Award (2010) for foundational research
• Jerzy Stajuda Art Criticism Award (2015) for critical contributions to art discourse

Professional experience integrates institutional practice with academic rigor through museum internships that directly informed his analysis of modernist exhibitions and archival systems. Ongoing habilitation work continues to bridge legal theory and art historical methodology in Central European contexts.