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On May 13, the University of Oxford will host another edition of the “What about exclusion?” series, co-curated by Grzegorz Kwiatkowski.

Brother Trump. US President Donald Trump has demonstrated how quickly democratic politics can be overtaken by intimidation and cruelty. As Thomas Mann argued in the early 20th century, authoritarians gain power because they activate dispositions that already exist within democratic societies.

Grzegorz Kwiatkowski has joined the Flaming Hydra writing collective.

Agnieszka Holland’s Complicated Kafka. A writer and musician from Gdańsk, Poland, Grzegorz Kwiatkowski collaborated on Franz with Agnieszka Holland, a filmmaker who in the dark times of the Communist regime left Poland for Prague out of love for Kafka. Kwiatkowski considers the film’s universal relevance as democracy is attacked and finds a film ultimately as enigmatic as Kafka himself.

To show the next generation the horrors of the past, we need to learn from David Lynch. How best to portray the evil of Stutthof camp witnessed by my grandfather? The Zone of Interest and Twin Peaks could have the answer.

I’m happy to share that in 2026 I will once again be the Yale Artist in Residence. As an artist-in-residence, I’ll be conducting research at the Fortunoff Video Archive at Yale University for an artistic project based on testimonies.

Grzegorz Kwiatkowski will be a guest of Northwestern University in Chicago. The event will take place on February 2, 2026.

Grzegorz Kwiatkowski will take part in a conversation following the screening of the film “Franz Kafka,” directed by Agnieszka Holland. The meeting will take place on November 14 at the Museum of the Second World War. The conversation will be moderated by Marcin Mindykowski.

“The idea of not being forgotten – is very important to me. Not the most important, but important. Something like: I lived, I existed, I also felt, remember me. And by implication and with an addition from me: try to live better so that crimes do not happen as they did during the Second World War.”

-Grzegorz Kwiatkowski

Trupa Trupa’s music is part of Agnieszka Holland’s new film FRANZ KAFKA.