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
  • 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
  • Open Zachęta

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

    Zachęta | Online

Events

  • 03.07 – 06.07.2024
    Repeat after me (2024) at Open'er!

    As part of the Art at Open'er programme, the festival will pre-premiere the film Repeat After Me (2024) - one of the two works shown in the Polish Pavilion at this year's Venice Biennale.

    Opener Festival | Gdynia
  • 04.07 (CZW) 12:15
    Relationship exercises
    (in Polish)

    In the workshop we will create our own work to illustrate our approach to the relationship between 'man and the rest of the world'. What do we think this relationship would look like?

    Zachęta | plac Małachowskiego 3
  • 06.07 (SOB) 12:15
    ABC of artistic textiles
    (in Polish)

    In the workshop, we will learn a brief history of Polish artistic textiles and become familiar with the different materials used during the weaving process.

    Zachęta | plac Małachowskiego 3
  • 07.07 (ND) 12:15
    Sunday guided tour

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

    Zachęta | plac Małachowskiego 3
  • 07.07 (ND) 14:15
    Guided tours in Polish as a foreign language

    An event for people for whom Polish is not their first language. It will be conducted in language that is as simple and understandable as possible.

    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
  • Announcements

    The Minister of Culture and National Heritage announces a competition for the position of director of Zachęta - National Gallery of Art.

    Zachęta | plac Małachowskiego 3

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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