Exhibitions

  • 23.02 – 19.05.2024
    Henryk Lula
    Ceramics: The art of matter

    The creative output of Henryk Lula. The exhibition consists of more than a hundred ceramic objects that the artist created for more than half a century.

    Zachęta | plac Małachowskiego 3
  • 16.03 – 19.05.2024
    Datament

    The Datament exhibition, presented in the Polish Pavilion at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition, illustrates the contemporary relationship between humans and data and the ways they process it.

    Zachęta | plac Małachowskiego 3
  • Open Zachęta

    One of the largest projects to digitize and share contemporary art collections in Poland.

    Zachęta | Online
  • 15.03 – 26.05.2024
    From the Ashes

    It has been believed for centuries that the Phoenix at the end of its life burns to be born again as a strong bird.

    Zachęta | plac Małachowskiego 3
  • 15.03 – 26.05.2024
    Does the Rising Sun affright

    It encourages and requires us to think about connections with non-human entities. It does not privilege human beings. Dark Ecology emphasizes the mysteriousness and complexity of ecological problems.

    Zachęta | plac Małachowskiego 3
  • 08.03 – 26.05.2024
    Krzysztof Klimek. Now I Prefer the Views

    The exhibition of nearly 60 works presents a cross-section of painting themes and motifs over the years.

    Zachęta | plac Małachowskiego 3
  • 20.04 – 07.07.2024
    Paulina Mirowska
    Trophia

    This collection of photographs, sculptures and installations takes us back to the Precambrian era, when photosynthesis first occurred in the oceans.

    ZPR | Gałczyńskiego 3
  • 20.04 – 24.11.2024
    Repeat after Me II
    Polish Pavilion in Venice

    Announcement of the audiovisual project by the Open Group collective.

    Polish Pawilion in Venice

Events

  • 15.05 (ŚR) 18:30
    Designing with data
    (in Polish)

    Please join us for the discussion on architecture accompanying the exhibition.

    Zachęta | plac Małachowskiego 3
  • 16.05 (CZW) 18:00
    Group practices and formal experiments banned elsewhere

    The lecture will present the work of the community of artists centered around Hanna Żuławska, as well as their initiatives, both in the field of artistic ceramics and ceramic decoration in architecture.

    Zachęta | plac Małachowskiego 3
  • 16.05 (CZW) 18:00
    To feel, to name, to see
    On the complex relationship of art, knowledge and future scenarios

    Conversation in English with Joanna Erbel, Sebastian Cichocki and Philipp Kleinmichel.

    Zachęta | plac Małachowskiego 3
  • 17.05 (PT) 17:00
    Henryk Lula. CERAMICS: THE ART OF MATTER
    (in Polish)

    The exhibition presents a wide selection of works by Henryk Lula, an artist, pedagogue and professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk.

    Zachęta | plac Małachowskiego 3
  • 18.05 – 19.05.2024
    Does the Rising Sun affright
    Film program accompanying the exhibition

    The filmmakers create their own worlds in their works, focusing on dystopian and utopian visions of the future. 

    Zachęta | plac Małachowskiego 3
  • 18.05 (SOB) 14:30
    WALLS OF DREAMS. CERAMIC MOSAICS IN ARCHITECTURE
    (in Polish)

    During the workshop, together we will create compositions from broken tiles.

    Zachęta | plac Małachowskiego 3
  • 18.05 (SOB) 22:00
    Deaf Tour on Museum Night

    The event in Polish sign language only, without phonics translation.

    Zachęta | plac Małachowskiego 3
  • Sunday guided tour
    (in Polish)

    Guided tours of current exhibitions at Zachęta.

    Zachęta | plac Małachowskiego 3
  • 19.05 (ND) 12:00
    Guided tour in Polish

    The exhibition of Henryk Lula's ceramics provided us with an excuse to venture deep into the city and look at the ceramic details present.

    Marszałkowska 55/73
  • 19.05 (ND) 14:30
    WALLS OF DREAMS. CERAMIC MOSAICS IN ARCHITECTURE
    (in Polish)

    During the workshop, together we will create compositions from broken tiles.

    Zachęta | plac Małachowskiego 3
  • 19.05 (ND) 16:00
    Phoenix and other stories from the time of the breakthrough
    (in Polish)

    During the guided tour, curator Michalina Sablik will introduce the most important themes raised by the artists.

    Zachęta | plac Małachowskiego 3
  • 19.05 (ND) 18:00
    DATAMENT
    (in Polish)

    A meeting about the context and inspiration behind the project.

    Zachęta | plac Małachowskiego 3
  • 19.05 (ND) 19:00
    Sylphine Soporifera
    Acoustic concert by Antonina Nowacka

    Antonina Nowacka invites you to take a spiritual journey with the sounds of the wind, the air and the whispers of the sylphs.

    Zachęta | plac Małachowskiego 3
  • News

    Justyna Szylman, interin director in a letter to the public about Repeat After Me II in the Polish Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia.

    Zachęta | plac Małachowskiego 3
  • We are recruiting!

    Position for Polish Speaker only.

    via e-mail

Zachęta Online Magazine

  • #39 Embracing the Darkness, Leaping into the Unknown
    The latest issue of our online magazine

    Michalina Sablik and Aleksandra Skowrońska discuss the Exhibitions From the Ashes and Does the Rising Sun Affright

    Nr 39/2024
  • Zachęta Online Magazine
    Archives

    History and the present... we encourage you to read all editions of our online magazine.

    Zachęta Online Magazine
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