"Pablo Picasso and Others – Cubism" brings together 29 original prints and drawings by major 20th-century artists, including Pablo Picasso and Wifredo Lam, alongside Poland's Leszek Rózga and Stefan Krygier.
Highlights include works from the "Fifteen Drawings" collection, spanning 1904 to 1937, and "Un Éventail" from 1962, along with pieces loaned by the exhibition's partners.
Organisers say the show is meant to do more than simply illustrate Cubism's visual hallmarks.
They invoke the late art historian Mieczysław Porębski, who compared the movement's impact on visual thinking to the revolutions brought by modern logic, mathematics and physics.
"Cubism changed the way people thought about art. At the same time, it changed the way they saw the world," according to organizers.
"Just as new discoveries in physics or mathematics opened up new possibilities for science, Cubism offered a fresh way of looking at reality, allowing artists to show multiple perspectives at once and to notice what had previously gone unseen."
The exhibition is housed at the Museum of the Factory, located in Łódź's Manufaktura shopping centre.
Its permanent display, designed by Mirosław Nizio, tells the story of the textile empire built by Izrael Poznański in the second half of the 19th century.
Poznański's factory complex formed a self-sufficient district in its own right, complete with the owner's residence, workers' housing, a church and a hospital.
Visitors can see historic looms in operation and listen to recollections from former factory workers.
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Source: PAP