Exhibitions

  • 08.06 – 15.09.2024
    Tears of Joy

    For whom are exhibitions created? Whose stories do they tell, and who is not represented in them and feels out of place in an art gallery? What role should the institution perform today and what needs should it respond to?


    Zachęta | plac Małachowskiego 3
  • 19.07 – 06.10.2024
    Anna Rendecka
    Disappearing

    The presented project called Disappearing is an attempt to give an artistic expression to the process of memory loss and to create a space for discussion on the consequences of this disappearance.


    ZPR | Gałczyńskiego 3
  • 18.07 – 13.10.2024
    WATER VASE. Aquatic botany at Plac Małachowskiego

    One response to the overheating of cities is creating microclimates — local zones to catch your breath. Water gardening can be of assistance here. This subject is being tackled by an outdoor exhibition created at Plac Małachowskiego by the CENTRALA design group.


    Zachęta | Plac Małachowskiego 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
  • Open Zachęta

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


    Zachęta | Online

Events

  • BIENNALE ARCHITETTURA 2023

    The Minister of Culture and National Heritage and Zachęta - National Gallery of Art announce a CONTEST for the design of an exhibition to be realised in the Polish Pavilion.


    Venice Biennale
  • 28.07 (ND) 10:00
    Picnic at the Zachęta

    Let's meet outside the Zachęta to celebrate the launch of the Plenum of Caring People's zine.


    Zachęta | Plac Małachowskiego 3
  • 28.07 (ND) 12:15
    Знайомимося з Захентою!
    Екскурсія відмінена

    Guided tour in Ukrainian.


    Zachęta | plac Małachowskiego 3
  • 02.08 – 04.08.2024
    The Body of Spring. A performative laboratory

    During the lab we will use movement improvisation, voice and image work. We will conclude our work together with a short show, during which we will invite the audience to celebrate the festival of spring together.


    Zachęta | Plac Małachowskiego 3
  • The Jerzy Stajuda Prize for Art Criticism

    The Jerzy Stajuda Prize for Art Criticism was proposed by art historian and critic Paweł Sosnowski and established in 1992. Originally held under the auspices of the Society for the Encouragement of the Fine Arts, since 2001 under the patronage of the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts.


    Zachęta | plac Małachowskiego 3
  • News

    Justyna Szylman, interin director in a letter to the public.


    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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