LIDEX -an Art Partner

The Commitment to Europe Arts & Business Foundation was established to promote partnership between the arts and business, without which it is hard to imagine how those two worlds could function. The Arts & Business idea came into existence in the UK 25 years ago and has since become an important culture-making event for countries of Europe and North America.
On November 22, 2005, the first Polish final of the Arts & Business competition took place with LIDEX as a winner. The list of projects submitted for the competition reached 100, and the nominees included businesses and institutions taking the lead at the interface of the arts and business - Allianz, AMS, Canal+, Grupa LOTOS, the National Museum in Cracow, Nestle, PKN Orlen, Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa, and Samsung.


As a winner of the competition, LIDEX received the Arts & Business award in the Partnership of The Year category for long-lasting and mutually beneficial cooperation with the Zachêta National Gallery of Art in Warsaw. Other categories and winners included: the Event of The Year - Hewlett Packard for the 11th International Media Art Biennale; Arts & Business Sponsor - PKO BP; Master in Culture Management - Teatr Muzyczny Roma; and the Commitment to Europe Arts & Business Award - Bank Zachodni WBK. The Grand Gala during which Arts & Business statuettes were presented took place at Le Regina Hotel in Warsaw.