[1] During the German Occupation of Poland (1939–45), Białostocki studied at the so-called "Secret University of Warsaw" philosophy and art history under Wladyslaw Tatarkiewicz, Tadeusz Kotarbiński and Michał Walicki.

[4] He also participated in the Twentieth International Congress for the History of Art in New York City.

According to Józef Grabski, he "tried to instill in his students a need for a broad perspective when looking at a particular work of art.

Prof. Białostocki directed the attention of his students to the wide context of every work of art: social, psychological, archival, but also historical, economics, as well as purely artistic.

Białostocki was elected a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1971.