Exhibitions

  • 31.03 – 18.06.2023
    Spring Never Comes Again…
    Children and Art in the 20th & 21st Centuries

    What can art and the tools artists provide us with do in terms of shaping children’s identities and empowering their sense of agency?

    Zachęta | plac Małachowskiego 3
  • 29.04 – 23.07.2023
    Małgorzata Mirga-Tas
    Re-enchanting the World

    The exhibition is an attempt to expand the history of art with representations of the culture of the Roma, the largest European minority. For the first time in the more than 120-year history of the Venice Biennale, the national pavilion was represented by a Roma artist. Małgorzata Mirga-Tas's exhibition 'Relighting the World' — shown last year at the Venice Biennale, then in Ferara, and now in Warsaw

    Zachęta | plac Małachowskiego 3
  • 14.04 – 26.06.2023
    KIMBA FRANCES KERNER
    DELIRIUM DECADENCE

    At the exhibition, the artist will present, among other things, small-scale ceramic sculptures – the artist's personal bestiary, as well as collage prints on ceramic vessels.

    ZPR | Gałczyńskiego 3

Events

  • 19.05 – 30.07.2023
    Golden Island
    Paweł Althamer's project | Warsaw City Zoological Garden

    Throughout the summer (until the end of July), we invite you to participate in activities conducted at the former brown bear enclosure on Solidarności Avenue. Upcoming events and registration are available in the calendar of events.

    City Zoological Garden | Warsaw
  • 30.05 – 01.06.2023
    ŚWIATOTWORZENIA
    (in Polish)

    Choreographers Alicja Czyczel and Alka Nauman invite children, parents and carers to join in a movement play in the exhibition space.

    Zachęta | plac Małachowskiego 3
  • 02.06 (PT) 18:00
    SYNU, JESTEŚ KOTEM
    (in Polish)

    Meeting with Katarzyna Michalczak, author of the book "Synu, jesteś kotem." The book opens the reader's view of the mother-son relationship on the autism spectrum.

    Zachęta | plac Małachowskiego 3
  • 03.06 (SOB) 10:00
    HEY, MAKE A MOVIE WITH US!

    Hi, let's see each other on Saturday, June 3, at the Zachęta and make a video about Us!

    Zachęta | plac Małachowskiego 3
  • 03.06 (SOB) 12:00
    Workshop for families with children
    Children's Day

    Together we will carry out gardening activities that will improve our ability to cooperate and communicate, and develop our creativity and sense of planning.

    Zachęta | plac Małachowskiego 3
  • 03.06 (SOB) 12:00
    fot. Jacopo Salvi
    Meeting at Zachęta with the team of authors of the Datament exhibition
    The Biennale Architettura 2023

    We invite you to Zachęta for a meeting with Anna Barlik, Marcin Strzela and Jacek Sosnowski – the team of authors of the exhibition "Datament" presented in the Polish Pavilion at this year's Architecture Biennale, which illustrates the contemporary relationship of humans with data and the ways of processing them.

    Zachęta | plac Małachowskiego 3
  • 03.06 (SOB) 12:00
    Painting with thread (in Polish)
    Children's Day

    This gives the imagination endless possibilities, as each work can be created in several ways.

    Zachęta | plac Małachowskiego 3
  • 03.06 (SOB) 14:00
    Workshop for families with children
    Children's Day

    Can we feel or hear colors? Why are some sounds colored and some shapes sound?

    Zachęta | plac Małachowskiego 3
  • 03.06 (SOB) 15:00
    Workshop for families with children
    Children's Day

    We will make a set of paintbrushes with our own hands using natural materials that can be found on any trip in the woods.

    Zachęta | plac Małachowskiego 3
  • 04.06 (ND) 12:15
    Sunday guided tours
    (in Polish)

    Join us for periodic guided Sunday tours of current exhibitions at Zachęta.

    Zachęta | plac Małachowskiego 3
  • 04.06 (ND) 16:00
    Знайомимося з Захентою!
    Недільна екскурсія українською

    (guided tour in Ukrainian)

    Захента
  • 04.06 (ND) 16:00
    Seeking artistic solutions at the intersection of two disciplines: printmaking and ceramics
    (in Polish)

    During the meeting, Agnieszka Chylinska-Kawecka will present and discuss with her doctoral student, Kimba Frances Kerner, the artistic and technological experience of their joint project.

    ZPR | Gałczyńskiego 3
  • Competition for curatorial exhibition design
    Polish Pavilion in Venice

    Competition aimed at teams formed by artists and curators.

    Polish Pavilion in Venice
  • We are recruiting!

    Position for Polish Speaker only.

    via e-mail

The Zachęta Collection

  • Alina Szapocznikow
    COHESIVE

    Works of female artists in Zachęta's collection.

    The Zachęta Collection
  • Joanna Piotrowska
    UNTITLED

    Works of female artists in Zachęta's collection.

    The Zachęta Collection
  • Małgorzata Mirga-Tas
    Re-enchanting the World (December)

    Works of female artists in Zachęta's collection.

    The Zachęta Collection
  • Goshka Macuga
    ANTI-COLLAGE (JULITA WOJCIK)

    Works of female artists in Zachęta's collection.

    The Zachęta Collection

Zachęta Online Magazine

  • #38
    The latest issue of our online magazine

    This year marks the 90th anniversary of the opening of the Polish Pavilion in Venice. To celebrate this anniversary, in this issue of Zachęta Magazine online we publish numerous archival materials devoted to Polish presentations at the Venice Biennale, and we also recall the awarded exhibitions. A commemorative postcard is available at the Zachęta Art Bookstore.

    Nr 38/2022
  • Zachęta Online Magazine
    Archives

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

    Zachęta Online Magazine
Sign up for our newsletter