Irmina Nazar & Artur Trawinski

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The polish collectors Irmina Nazar and Artur Trawinski have founded a new organization dedicated to promoting Eastern European art. Its opening will coincide with the start of the Frieze Art Fair in October 2017. The European ArtEast Foundation will award grants to institutions organizing Eastern European art exhibitions, fund the production of catalogues and books, and support emerging artist from the region. “The foundation is aiming to promote research for a period that was ignored in Eastern European art history-namely, after the changes following World War II, when all these Eastern European countries turned to communism,” said curatorial advisor Maria Rus Bojan. rmina Nazar and Artur Trawinski are the founders of the European ArtEast Foundation. Both Polish, they have supported arts for over a decade as collectors and philanthropists. They are members of the International Circle acquisition committee at Centre Pompidou. Irmina and Artur oversee all activities of the foundation. They live between Poland and France with their children. Irmina is the Founder of the Fangor Foundation, an organisation she created to preserve the legacy of 20th century Polish artist Wojciech Fangor (1922 – 2015) through archiving, documentation and developing curatorial interest. Through her work with Wojciech Fangor, she was inspired to further research his contemporaries in Poland and Eastern Europe. As a collector, Artur has supported both emerging and established artists. He has a particular interest in abstract expressionism from the 1960's and its correspondents in Poland. Artur is the Founder of global cosmetics and perfume company FM World, a leader in multi-level marketing. First established in Wrocław in 2004, the company quickly expanded globally and now operates across 93 countries. Today under Artur’s leadership, the company works with over a million international business partners.