Dear colleagues,

We, the undersigned artists, curators, writers, scholars, and cultural practitioners from across the international art community, express our strong support for Adam Budak and for the possibility of the continuation of his work at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków while considered all necessary ethical standards.

Since assuming the directorship in April 2025, Adam Budak has brought to the institution a visionary curatorial vision grounded in artistic experimentation, critical dialogue, and meaningful engagement with contemporary culture, both local and international. His leadership has immediately strengthened Kraków’s position within the international cultural landscape and fostered important connections between local artistic communities and global artistic discourse.

While allegations of misconduct and breaking of ethical standards must always be taken seriously, we believe that both sides should have the opportunity to participate in mediation, and that Adam Budak, as director, should be given the chance to present his position, improve management practices, participate in an additional training. We consider the decision by the Mayor of Kraków to be too immediate and too harsh.

At a moment when independent and forward-looking cultural leadership is more important than ever, we believe Adam Budak’s contribution to Kraków’s cultural life is of exceptional value. His continued presence is significant not only for the museum itself, but also for Kraków’s future as an internationally engaged center of contemporary culture.

We call for a reconsideration of the decision regarding his role as director; while we recognise a necessity to establish ethical forms of management that prioritize both the well- being of the team and the artistic vision.

In solidarity with Adam Budak, artists: Monika Drożyńska, Wilhelm Sasnal, Katarzyna Krakowiak-Bałka and Gabrielle Goliath have resigned from participation in the MOCAK programme of 2026/2027.

(22/05/2026)

1. Bartosz Armusiewicz (artist)
2. Tomek Baran (artist)
3. Daniel Baumann (curator & art manager)
4. Kamil Beski (curator, art production & exhibition designer)
5. Michael Biber (artist)
6. Leonardo Bigazzi (curator)
7. Agata Bogacka (artist)
8. Rickard Borgström (curator)
9. Joanna Borkowska (artist)
10. Christian Boros (art collector)
11. Federico Brauer (curator & art advisor)
12. Sabine Breitwieser (curator)
13. Candice Breitz (artist)
14. Radek Brousil (artist)
15. Katrin Bucher Trantow (deputy director & chief curator Kunsthaus Graz)
16. Rafał Bujnowski (artist)
17. Daniele Capra (art critic & curator)
18. Jadwiga Charzyńska (vice-director of State Art Gallery in Sopot)
19. Ewa Ciepielewska (artist)
20. Sadie Coles (gallerist)
21. Isabella Czarnowska ( art historian & art dealer)
22. Hubert Czerepok (artist)
23. Marta Czyz (curator & art historian)
24. Josef Dabernig (artist)
25. Anca Daucikova (artist & activist)
26. Clementine Deliss (curator)
27. Nicola Dietrich (curator)
28. Mareike Dittmer (Writer, Curator, Lecturer)
29. Elvira Eevr Djaltchinova-Malec (director, curator & founding WIMCAA)
30. Monika Drożyńska (artist)
31. Szymon Duda (architect)
32. Brigitte Dunkel (artist)
33. Diana Dyjak (artist & curator)
34. Łukasz Dziedzic (artist)
35. Cecilia Edefalk (artist)
36. Dr. Angelika Eder (Cultural Management & Mediation)
37. Annika Eriksson (artist)
38. Igor Eskinja (artist)
39. Milovan Farronato (curator)
40. Maria Fiter (artist & designer)
41. Dr. Julija Fomina (art critic and curator)
42. Maurice Funken (director & curator)
43. Kasia Garapich (artist)
44. Goschka Gawlik (curator)
45. Prinz Gholam (artist duo)
46. Tessa Giblin (curator & gallery director)
47. Alison Gingeras (curator)
48. Gabrielle Goliath (artist)
49. Katarzyna Górna (artist)
50. Agata Grabowska (performance artist)
51. Katerina Gregos (director & curator)
52. Assaf Gruber (artist)
53. Aneta Grzeszykowska (artist)
54. Krzysztof Gutfrański (curator)
55. Mariana Gutierrez (artist)
56. Karine Haimo (gallerist, collector)
57. Flaka Haliti (artist)
58. Pakui Hardware (artist duo)
59. Martin Heller (lawyer, art advisor, & consultant)
60. Rodrigo Hernández (artist)
61. Roger Hiorns (artist)
62. Maria Hlavajova (director & curator)
63. Isabella Hollauf (artist & filmmaker)
64. Heidrun Holzfeind (artist & filmmaker)
65. Karol Hordziej (curator)
66. Barbara Horvath (art historian & curator)
67. Daniel Hug (Artistic Director of Art Cologne Fair)
68. Çağla Ilk (curator & director)
69. Krzysztof Ingarden (architect)
70. Agata Ingarden (artist)
71. Justyna Janetzek (artist)
72. Zuzanna Janin (artist)
73. C . T. Jasper (artist)
74. Ulrike Johannsen (artist)
75. Anna Johnson (collector)
76. Nikita Kadan (artist & curator)
77. Sanya Kantarovsky (artist)
78. Anette Kelm (artist)
79. Joanna Kiliszek (Curator & Cultural Manager)
80. Robert Knoke (artist & curator)
81. Stanisław Jan Koba (artist)
82. Stefan Kobel (art journalist & critic)
83. Nathalie Koger (artist)
84. Agnieszka Kowalska (artist)
85. Tomasz Kowalski (artist)
86. Katarzyna Krakowiak Balka (artist & art profesor)
87. Dorota Krakowska (animator of culture and artist)
88. David Kranzelbinder (director, filmmaker & curator)
89. Nora Kryst (actor & model)
90. Dr. hab. Paweł Książek (Akademia Sztuki w Szczecinie)
91. Marlena Kudlicka (artist)
92. Agnieszka Kurant (artist)
93. Kamil Kuskowski (artist, curator & academic)
94. Konrad Kuzyszyn (artist)
95. Luis Kürschner (artist)
96. Alicja Kwade (artist)
97. Лисовенĸо Еĸатерина (artist)
98. Sabina Lang & Daniel Baumann (artist duo)
99. Dor Leitner-Penker (curator & art manager, estate Ferdinand Penker)
100. Maria Loboda (artist)
101. Sharon Lockhart (artist)
102. Tevž Logar (curator, writer & advisor)
103. Ines Lombardi (artist, curator & gallery director)
104. Jan-Philippe Lücke (artist)
105. Myfanwy MacLeod (artist)
106. Maria Mack (artist)
107. Antje Majewski (artist)
108. Joanna Malinowska (artist)
109. Julek Malinowski (artist)
110. Ksenia Malykh (curator)
111. Florian Malzacher (curator, writer & dramaturg)
112. Bartek Materka (artist)
113. Lisa Mazza (curator & Co-founder of BAU)
114. Julia Meier (professor)
115. Doreen Mende (curator, writer & public scholar)
116. Christian Meyer (gallerist)
117. Christiane Meyer-Stoll (director & curator)
118. Suzana Milevska (curator)
119. Małgorzata Mirga-Tas (artist)
120. Aleksandra Młynarczyk-Gemza (artist)
121. Diana Dyjak Montes de Oca (artist)
122. Jan Możdżyński (artist)
123. Alban Muja (artist)
124. Barbara Mungenast (artist)
125. Michał Napierała (artist)
126. Claudio Nardi (architect of MOCAK)
127. Monica Narula (artist)
128. Chr Niccoli (artist)
129. Ruth Noack (curator & art historian)
130. Katja Novitskova (artist)
131. Maciej Nowacki (artist)
132. Gunia Nowik (gallerist)
133. Damir Očko (artist)
134. Mateusz Okoński (artist)
135. Dragos Olea (artist & curator)
136. Josep Ollé (architect)
137. Paulina Ołowska (artist)
138. Paulina Olszewska (curator & writer)
139. Boris Ondreicka (artist & curator)
140. Open Group.Yuriy Biley, Pavlo Kovach & Anton Varga (artist group)
141. Pina Orgenci (artist)
142. Michaela Leutzendorff Pakesch (curator)
143. Peter Pakesch (Maria Lassnig Foundation)
144. Berenika Partum (ARTUM Foundation, Ewa Partum Museum)
145. Ewa Partum (artist)
146. Paula Galerien Wien
147. Krzysztof Pawełek (artist)
148. Emilia Penkala (artist)
149. Elisabeth Penker (artist)
150. Agustin Pérez Rubio (curator)
151. Karin Pernegger (director & curator)
152. Joanna Piotrowska (artist)
153. Cyryl Polaczek (artist)
154. Magdalena Popiel (author)
155. Izabela Przybysz (artist)
156. Bartosz Przybył-Ołowski (Razem Pamoja Foundation)
157. Maria Pyrlik (artist)
158. Renata Rara-Kamińska (artist)
159. Marta Ratajczak (art historian & writer)
160. Agnieszka Rayzacher (curator, lokal_30)
161. Carsten Recksik  (artist & curator)
162. Burkhard Riemschneider ( gallerist)
163. Sarah Rifky  (curator & writer)
164. Katarzyna Rij (gallerist)
165. Claudio Rocca(director & architect)
166. Judith Rodenbeck (scholar and artist)
167. Alicja Rogalska (artist)
168. Mathilde Rosier (artist)
169. Martha Rosler (artist)
170. Daiga Rudzate (curator & art writer)
171. Susanne Sachsse (artist and actress)
172. Jaanus Samma (artist)
173. Vittorio Santoro (artist)
174. Anka Sasnal (artist)
175. Wilhelm Sasnal (artist)
176. Luka Savić (artist)
177. Magda Sawon (gallerist)
178. Elizabeth Schroeder (artist)
179. Sana Shahmuradova Tanska (artist)
180. Prof. Dr. Marc Siegel (Film Studies, JGU Mainz)
181. Natalia Sielewicz (curator)
182. Walenty Sielwiesiuk (art historian, collector & Founder of the Mochnarte Foundation)
183. Grzegorz Siembida (artist)
184. Janek Simon (artist)
185. Piotr Paweł Skiba (artist)
186. Kama Sokolnicka (artist)
187. Agnieszka Sosnowska (curator)
188. Christiane Spatt (artist)
189. Angelika Stepken (curator, author & researcher)
190. Monika Stone (art manager)
191. Natalia Szarmach-Pstrąg (artist)
192. Agnieszka Szostek (co-founder of C U AT SADKA)
193. dr Wojciech Szymański (art historian & curator)
194. Michal Štochl (manager Rudolfinum Gallery Prague)
195. Prof. Kati Światłowska (Graphic designer)
196. Artur Tajber (artist & curator)
197. Agnieszka Tarasiuk (curator)
198. Karol Tomaszewski (artist)
199. Alper Turan (curator)
200. Piotr Uklański (artist)
201. Žaneta Vávrová (cultural manager & curator)
202. Raphaela Vogel (artist)
203. Anna Voswinckel (curator)
204. Melanie Wagner (curator)
205. Joanna Warchoł (President ZPAP Krakow District)
206. Joanna Warsza (curator)
207. Maria Wasilewska (artist)
208. Andrzej Wasilewski (artist)
209. Aleksander Wawrzyniak (gallerist)
210. Ann and Marshall Webb (collectors)
211. Magda Wegrzyn (curator & cultural manager)
212. Nasim Weiler (curator)
213. Kuba Wilk (artist & designer)
214. Prof. Siona Wilson (art historian, author & curator)
215. Karolina Wlazło-Malinowska (curator)
216. Zorka Wollny (artist & composer)
217. Samson Young (artist)
218. Vera Zalutskaya (curator)
219. Natalia Załuska (artist)
220. Magdalena Zarychta (artist)
221. Amanda Ziemele (artist)
222. Maja Ziolkowska  (Director  & Curator)
223. Konrad Żukowski (artist)
224. Anna Maria Zuzela (artist)
225. Anna Żylis (artist)