The reform in the public sector of culture ‒ opportunity or threat?

Abstract

Professor Jerzy Hausner, former minister of Polish government and an expert of the Minister of Culture is an author of a reform project in the sector of culture in Poland. In his opinion—reduction of public financial support in culture and a growth of meaning of new organizational forms focused on private financing sources—are currently necessary (an economic crisis) in Poland. According to Professor Hausner—artistic and cultural activities, which require constant public financing, should be limited. The author does not share this point of view and thinks, that culture in Poland is currently sufficiently market-oriented and pandering to bad taste and liquidation of traditional barriers between the elite and mass culture—in the author's opinion—are rather a result of partial commercialization of performing art institutions.