Zachęta is announcing three unique projects for the first half of 2021: a spectacular presentation of Polish sculpture Sculpture in Search of a Place, a moving project Rhizopolis by Joanna Rajkowska and Cold Revolution – an exhibition that breaks away form the stereotypical perception of socialist realism.

This December marks 160 years since the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts was established. The Society, brought to life by a group of friends, gave rise to today's Zachęta – National Gallery of Art.

Two age groups, two workshops to pick from. Take part in our Sunday family workshops. On-line of course!

The last issue of 2020 refelcts the bittersweet atmosphere of the ending year. We start with an essay by Przemysław Strożek, which accompanied the exhibition Gardens.

A poetic tale about raspberry picking in Norway, in which aesthetic experiences marginalize the toil of physical labor.

Out of the many works by Krystiana Robb-Narbutt in our collection, we decided to recall one of her more unusual objects.

Janina Turek wrote down her entire life in 742 notebooks, divided into 33 categories. We discussed this extraordinary collection during the exhibition LIfe. A Manual.

On December 13th 1860 the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts was established and Zachęta was brought to life! We are kicking off the anniversary issue of the magazine with conversations with some of the most pivital figures in our most recent history.

Portrait of Zachęta captured by Edward Dwurnik in 1992. Gallery's building fits into the city landscape, and in it you will find many famous figures from the Polish art scene...

A contrary exhibition by Karol Radziszewski (2009) and a contrary art work that plays on Zachęta's pre- and post-war history.

160/160 is a jubilee project that supports artists whose works are in the Zachęta collection. Discover the journey of a certain cement mixer ...

For those who don't know it yet and those who would like to find out more – a short history of Warsaw's oldest art gallery.

While waiting for the opening of Sculpture in Search of a Place exhibition, this issue is devoted to... sculpture. We begin with an interview with Roman Stańczak about the his Venice Biennale project – Flight.

Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz's exhibition was our blockbuster of 2017. We recall the curatorial tour by professor Waldemar Baraniewski.

Ewa Toniak talked about the Brazilian peregrinations of the Polish sculptor during the conference accompanying the exhibition Map. Artistic migrations and the Cold War.

The newest sculptural aquisition to our collection!

Shot in Scotland, Karolina Breguła's feature film tells the story of people who tirelessly search for items that would help them define and express their identity.

The protagonists of the latest issue of our magazine are women: fighters, scandalists, anarchists. And we start with a text by Agnieszka Kościańska from the book Glass Houses (2018).

A performance in the Zachęta gallery, during which the artist undertook a prosaic activity of peeling potatoes. It's remembered as one of the most important moments in Polish art. Rightly so?

Käthe Kollwitz, Hito Steyerl and Keren Donde – three artists and three faces of female rebellion. We recall the exhibition documentation from 2019.

Translator of Kropotkin and the anarcho-syndicalist Rudolf Rocker, popularizer of Fourier's ideology. We recalled her during the exhibition The Future Will Be Different.

Writer and philosopher Mira Marcinów adressed Joanna Piotrowska's photographic serie, which documents cages and zoo enclosures.

The exhibition Panoptykon from 2005 was a story about architecture and theater of prison. We recall an essay by Hanna Wróblewska from the exhibition catalog.

Documentation of the artist's action in Rome, re-impersonating Lou Salome.

A story about the profession of a curator inspired by the exhibition All Creatures, Big and Small.

We begin the latest issue of our online magazine with the texts accompanying the exhibition Frowst. Magdalena Komornicka talks with the artist about spaces, relationships and human touch.

Philosopher Joanna Bednarek writes about Joanna Piotrowska's photographs.

In the 14th issue of our magazine, we talk about collecting. We start with the ING collection and an interview conducted on the occasion of the Art in Our Age exhibition.

The replicas of paintings used by the artist in his installation from 1997 were part of  the Zachęta's collection before World War II.

A collection also means everyday care for the safety of  the artworks. Here is Dorota Nowak, talking about the conservation of Wróblewski's works.

The lecture accompanied an exhibition that recalls graphic works from the 50s and 60s from our collection. Listen about cultural policy after socialist realism.

Gabriela Świtek writes about Monika Sosnowska and her fascination with the engineering projects of Vladimir Shukhov.

Improving the quality of life, caring for physical comfort and mental hygiene in modern times ... Read more about the Mucha's para-architectural projects.

The latest issue of our magazine focuses on Monika Sosnowska, whose exhibition has just opened at Zachęta. Curator Maria Brewińska writes about the artist and her works.

Sosnowska represented Poland at the 52nd International Art Exhibition in Venice. Find out more about her project 1 : 1.

Magdalena Komornicka, in 2018, wrote about the ever-changing Zachęta and the unalterable square in front of it. The text accompanied the Plac Małachowskiego 3 exhibition.

In 2005, the artist animated the facade of Zachęta by inscribing silhouettes of women, who took on the role of caryatids, into the two pilasters carrying the gallery's tympanum.

What does the gallery facade look like? Find out from the audio description by Katarzyna Kucharska-Hornung.

From a whisper to a scream. We begin the latest issue of our online magazine with an interview with Koji Kamoji, his daughter Monika and Janusz Czapiński accompanying the exhibition Silence and the Will to Live.

The artist together with his grandmother perform a religious song, in other words, a film from Karol Radziszewski's "family cycle".

A series of several head casts – deformed self-portraits of the artist, depicting her struggling with the disease.

Another artistic book by Wiktor, who through visual and textual materials analyzes the surrounding reality from a personal perspective.

In 1954, Karol Eberhardt wrote about "violent and colorful art" of Guttuso. The past exhibition from the CBWA is recalled by Karolina Zychowicz.

In the latest issue of the magazine we recall, among others, the exhibtion Alienations. Andrzej Wajs writes about alienation from philosophical point and relates it to the current global issues discussed in the exhibition.

The exhibition consisted of seven films by outstanding artists, showing the earth's and human's condition, what we lose and what we desire, as well as the effects of different varieties of alienation that we experience globally today.

This short mockumentary about the construction of the first prison in Earth's orbit is a critique of technocracy and draws attention to the evil inherent in human nature.

The intention of the project awarded with the Venetian Golden Lion was to show buildings as stage decorations for social, political and economic scenarios.

In this issue, which is dedicated to our collection and collecting in general, we recall an interview with Barbara Dąbrowska and Maria Krawczyk about how the Zachęta collection got started.

This project, implemented since 2010, is about interpersonal relationships. The artist enables local communities, encouraging its residents to show their collections, tell their own stories, and do something together.

What happens to the Zachęta collection when nobody is watching? You will find out from the Zachęta TV episode inspired by an exhibition of works from our collection (2009).

Collections exhibition was primarily dedicated to crowdfunders who funded new acquisitions to our collections in 2016. We also invited one of the most interesting regional collections to the show: Galeria Arsenał in Białystok.

The new issue of the magazine is devoted to architecture. We begin with an interview with Dominika Janicka, curator of the Fair Building exhibition presented at the Polish Pavilion at the 15th Architecture Biennale in Venice.

In the scenery of a skeleton frame of an unfinished hotel, four women dressed as maids play the expected roles...

An enormous wall unit and Rybczyński's Oscar winning film, in other words, a look at small apartments – past and present.

Zachęta's building as a sound-absorbing sculpture? The Warsaw edition of the project by Katarzyna Krakowiak, presented in 2012 at Venice Biennale.

In the sixth issue of the magazine – just before the Children's Day – we recall exhibitions not only for children. To start with, here is an interview with a psychologist Ula Malko.

The found footage showing the propaganda scene of the artist as a little girl meeting Edward Gierek. It is a bittersweet evaluation of the artist's memories and an analysis of how two spaces — private and public — interweave.

In 2009, together with the WRO Art Center, we invited children to an exhibition/playground. Did they have fun in the interactive installations? See for yourself!

The theme of this issue is the relationship between art and music. We start with an interview with John Lurie – an excellent American musician who, in 2015, we also got to know as a painter.

The artist takes on a role of a pop star by performing Gwen Stefani’s hit song. The music video comes from the series In Art Dreams Come True.

The first edition of The Artists festival took place in 2013 and presented music projects of  11 visual artists. Here is the album, recorded during the concert.

Dangerous liaisons between visual arts and music were exposed by Brazilian artists at the ZPR. Enjoy the exhibition folder.

New issue of the magazine, and a new topic – time. In 2016, during the exhibition 2066, Maria Brewińska asked Rafał Bujnowski, among other things, about midlife crisis, maturity and, of course, painting.

The third edition of Zachęta Online magazine will focus on travel – in all its forms. Here is an interview with Anna Jermolaewa – a reminder of the 2015 exhibition Good times, Bad times.

Record of the artist's journey through America in a visual form, filled with pop-cultural symbols that are readable by audiences around the world.

Romano kher means Romani home. We recommend a publication edited by Monika Weychert Waluszko devoted to Roma art, aesthetics and experience.

Is the distinction between travellers and tourists still valid in the 21st century? Here is a recording of a discussion on the topic, accompanying The Travellers exhibition.

Speaking of travel, it is difficult to avoid the most current topic – refugees. Also available for hearing people.

In the second issue of our magazine, we focus on performance. And we start with a conversation between Dominik Kuryłek and Zbigniew Warpechowski – the godfather of performance art in Poland.

Aleksandra Kubiak and Karolina Wiktor as mythical goddesses of revenge. Video performance and an ironic pun based on the duo’s name.

Inauguration of the Plac Małachowskiego 3 project, with a surprise artistic performance.

The starting point for the exhibition at ZPR was a video performance Luna – an intimate record of the artist establishing a relationship with a wild she-wolf.

One of the chapters in our guide to contemporary art for teenagers is dedicated to Warpechowski’s Plating.

I’ve always been interested in slapstick comedy. In particular the early silent era short film comedies. What I really like about them is the simplicity – says the Danish artist, whose exhibition we presented in 2013.

A typical Polish family in an unusual situation. Art education of the society showed through the absurd humor of Azorro group.

In the works of Liliana Porter, characters from different places, epochs and levels of reality and inventions meet and enter into dialogue. Daniel Kotowski will guide you through the exhibition curated by Magda Kardasz.