"And the heavens opened ... - The conservation and restoration of the illusionistic frescoes by Franz Eckstein in the Garrison Church of Saints Apostles Peter and Paul - the former Jesuit church in Lviv" is an exhibition that allows you to learn about the extraordinary skills of art conservators. It is a kind of invitation behind the scenes of the work of conservators, normally invisible to the eyes. Viewers can usually only admire the effect of painstaking and complicated conservation work. In addition to a wealth of photographic material, the exhibition is complemented by animation, bringing the frescoes to life and explaining their iconography, as well as VR materials that take you inside the temple.

EXHIBITION LOCATION:

9.04-9.06.2025 - Ossolineum - Wrocław
2.07- 6.09.2024 - castle - Podhorce
10.05-30.06.2024 - Museum of the History of Religions - Lviv
14.12.2023-31.01.2024 - Krypta Gallery at the Piarists - Cracow
28.04.2023-2.07.2023 - Kubicki Stables, Royal Łazienki Museum - Warsaw

EXHIBITION CREATORS:
curator: dr Paweł Boliński
composition of the conservation team: Anna Barabasz, Natalia Beznos, Solomia Bihanycz, Pawel Bolinski, Olha Czop, Alina Dzisjak, Katarzyna Gwóźdź, Lesia Hanuliak, Taras Hera, Anatoly Hryshchenko, Mychailo Iwasiuk, Malgorzata Kaczmarczyk, Vasyl Karpiv, Pavlo Kit, Nadija Kliuchkowska, Oleksandr Korotenko, Tatiana Kowal, Joanna Kunert, Andij Marczuk, Anastasija Nahla, Solomija Ostrowska, Olha Pavlyuk, Jaryna Pavlyk, Taras Pavlyk, Jaryna Prystanska, Alicia Savoniuk, Nadija Senchenko, Olha Slobocka, Mykola Syrov, Viktorija Sharhorodska, Arsen Szpak, Hanna Shumska, Ilona Turczyn, Kateryna Tymczyszyn.

Design: Barbara Kowalewska, Prof. of the Academy of Fine Arts, Monika Rzepiejewska-Mroczek, Ph.

Visual identity: Otakietakie
Production: Perfect Event
Animation: MAKE IT
Translation into Ukrainian: Iurii Tkachuk
English Translation: Małgorzata Matysik

Honorary Patrons

Minister of Culture and National Heritage Piotr Gliński and Ambassador of Ukraine to the Republic of Poland Wasyl Zwarycz

Partners

Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Association for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage Kon-Takt, Garrison Church of Saints Apostles Peter and Paul in Lviv, Royal Łazienki Museum in Warsaw, High Castle, Piarist Fathers' Crypt Gallery

Media patrons

TVP Kultura, Polish Radio, Polish Radio for Foreign Countries, Polish Radio for Ukraine, Kurier Galicyjski, Renowacje i Zabytki

Link to animation :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkiUFoWVm6g&t=18s

Link to catalogue :

https://polonika.pl/wydawnictwo/publikacje-inne/i-otworzylo-sie-niebo-

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