Events
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We don't know anything?Exhibitions in 2021
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.
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We are celebrating 160 years!
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.
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24.01 (ND) 11:00Sunday online guided tour(in Polish)
The next few Sunday virtual tours will focus on artists from the Zachęta collection, which are presented at the Sculpture in Search of a Place exhibition.
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24.01 (ND) 16:00Family on-line workshopsFor children age 5 to 9 (in Polish)
Two age groups, two workshops to pick from. Take part in our Sunday family workshops. On-line of course!
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27.01 (ŚR) 17:00Accessible artWorkshops for the blind (in Polish)
During the meeting we will talk about how exhibitions at Zachęta are organized.
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Exhibitions
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#ZachętaOnline | Living StoragesArtibus
The selection of artworks in the show reflect all of the stages of creating our collection: from the founding of Zachęta until now. See the virtual exhibition on-line!
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01.02 – 07.02.2021Maciej SalamonHousework
The exhibition will showcase a selection of the artist's latest works. During the pandemic, the artist rediscovered the joy of painting, he also opened a portrait studio.
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01.02 – 21.02.2021Sculpture in Search of a Place
The exhibition will tackle the subject of the identity of Polish sculpture over the last sixty years — not so much as a chronology of artistic activity, but as a presentation of the phenomena and creative attitudes that have been essential for its development.
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01.02 – 09.05.2021RhizopolisJoanna Rajkowska
The project introduces us to the hypothetical future of mankind on the planet Earth, after the expected great catastrophe, which ended the current human era.
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Zachęta Online Magazine
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#20: GardensEssay
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.
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Wojciech Doroszuk. Raspberry DaysFilm from the collection
A poetic tale about raspberry picking in Norway, in which aesthetic experiences marginalize the toil of physical labor.
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One sick day from the life of my fatherCollection
Out of the many works by Krystiana Robb-Narbutt in our collection, we decided to recall one of her more unusual objects.
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Adoration of SweetnessPhotos
The works gathered at the exhibition inspired by the works of Krystiana Robb-Narbutt had a bittersweet look and meaning to them.
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Art and social lifeConversation (in Polish)
We invite you to listen to the recording of a conversation that reminisced about Krystiana Robb-Narbutt and Wisława Szymborska.
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Maria Anto (1966)Exhibition catalogue (in Polish)
We rediscovered the artist's poetic painting style in 2018. However, we go back further and recommend the catalog from her first exhibition at Zachęta in 1966.
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The life and writing of Janina TurekMeeting with Mariusz Szczygieł and Ewa Tatar (in Polish)
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.
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Where Do Thoughts Come From? Zofia GramzExhibition folder
The exhibition at ZPR was a summary of a year-long project, during which the artist underwent a self-analysis and put the results into drawings.
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#19: We are celebrating 160 years of Zachęta!
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.
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Edward Dwurnik. ZachętaCollection
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...
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I didn't become Zachęta's deputy directorInterview with Bożena Kowalska (in Polish)
Legendary curator of Zachęta tells the story of the Central Bureau of Art Exhibitions era. In the picture: the heroine of the interview portrayed by Dwurnik (170 art politicians).
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Liliana Piskorska. Strong Sisters Told Their BrothersFilm from the collection
The artist's film that packs a punch premiered at Views 2019 and was later inducted into our collection with the help from the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts.
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Karol Radziszewski. Scotch pink (To Pee in a Bun)Collection
A contrary exhibition by Karol Radziszewski (2009) and a contrary art work that plays on Zachęta's pre- and post-war history.
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Project 160/160:Anna Mierzejewska. Zachęta under construction
160/160 is a jubilee project that supports artists whose works are in the Zachęta collection. Discover the journey of a certain cement mixer ...
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Zachęta's historyand our gallery in old photographs
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.
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#18: Materia, w której mogę pozostawić swój śladInterview
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.
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Notes from the ExpanseCuratorial tour (in Polish)
Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz's exhibition was our blockbuster of 2017. We recall the curatorial tour by professor Waldemar Baraniewski.
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Barbara Zbrożyna. Sunlit FiguresExhibition Archive
At the exhibition in 2008, curator Anna Maria Leśniewska showcased the extraordinary work of this Polish sculptor. Here is the curatorial text and documentation of this exhibition.
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Magdalena Więcek. Affecting the eyeExhibition catalogue (in Polish)
Have a look at the catalog accompanying the 2016 exhibition, with essays by Anna Maria Leśniewska, Gabriela Świtek and Dorota Szwarcman.
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Alina Ślesińska in BrazilA lecture by Ewa Toniak (in Polish)
Ewa Toniak talked about the Brazilian peregrinations of the Polish sculptor during the conference accompanying the exhibition Map. Artistic migrations and the Cold War.
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Zuza Golińska. "Suns" seriesCollection
The newest sculptural aquisition to our collection!
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Office for Monument ConstructionFilm from the 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.
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#17: Boyshevism: Sounds Familiar?Essay
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).
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Julita Wójcik. Peeling PotatoesFilm from the collection
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?
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Twisted Tower Deconstruction IICollection
"Why towers? Just because, because they provoke, because they stick out"– what the artist wrote about her works in the 1990s.
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Them. National Exhibition of PhotographyExhibition catalogue (in Polish)
The year was 1967. National Exhibition of Photography – women in the lenses of 45 female and male photographers. We recall the catalog of this exhibition.
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She-Documentalists – Polish Women PhotographersPoster
In 2008, we showcased an exhibition of 50 Polish female photographers of the 20th century, who mainly dealt with documentary photography.
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Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945)Exhibition archive
An exhibition of a politically and socially engaged German artist from the turn of the 19th and 20th century.
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StrikePhoto documentation
Käthe Kollwitz, Hito Steyerl and Keren Donde – three artists and three faces of female rebellion. We recall the exhibition documentation from 2019.
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Maria Orsetti — anarchism, feminism, cooperativismLecture (in Polish)
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.
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#16: The Cage and the ToyEssay
Writer and philosopher Mira Marcinów adressed Joanna Piotrowska's photographic serie, which documents cages and zoo enclosures.
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FrowstPhoto documentation
Joanna Piotrowska's exhibition through the lens of Magda Hueckel.
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Kuba Dąbrowski, UntitledCollection
Photo presented at the artist's solo exhibition at Zachęta in 2014, which is a story about the author and his surroundings.
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“Thank God! Civilisation!”Curatorial essay
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.
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Katarzyna Kozyra. Teatro di caniFilm from the collection
Documentation of the artist's action in Rome, re-impersonating Lou Salome.
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Are curators predators?Zachęta TV (in Polish)
A story about the profession of a curator inspired by the exhibition All Creatures, Big and Small.
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All Creatures Great and SmallExhibition
Maria Brewińska's 2009 exhibition focused on the animal world in art.
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1st National Exhibition of Interior DesignArchive
How did our grandparents arrange their "little cages" after the war? We recall the exhibition from 1952.
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#15: Joanna PiotrowskaInterview
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.
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Illness Without a PatientEssay
Philosopher Joanna Bednarek writes about Joanna Piotrowska's photographs.
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Ecstatics, Histerics and other Saint LadiesFilm from the collection
In Anna Baumgart's film, women act out gestures and actions accompanying self-mutilation, while the artist touches on social taboos.
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You’re a Cute One, SweetieExhibition
Aleksandra Kubiak's exhibition presented a very personal film that combined video performance with a documentary.
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Three WomenExhibition folder
Maria Pinińska-Bereś, Natalia LL and Ewa Partum – pioneers of women's art in Poland – were the protagonists of the exhibition. Here are the accompanying texts.
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How to understand Annette Messager?Zachęta TV (in Polish)
One of the most outstanding French artists, who created her most important works in the times of the feminist revolt. FInd out more!
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#14: ING Polish Art FoundationInterview
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.
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Edward Krasiński. InstallationCollection
The replicas of paintings used by the artist in his installation from 1997 were part of the Zachęta's collection before World War II.
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Art in Our AgeExhibition's audioguide (in Polish)
We recall the exhibition of works from the ING collection through an audioguide recorded by the curators – Rafał Dominik and Szymon Żydek.
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TRUTH BEAUTY GOODNESSPhotos
In 2015, an exhibition of works from our collection took place in the austere interiors of the renovated Raczyński's house – Zachęta's direct neighbour.
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Before, After and in BetweenOn the conservation of Andrzej Wróblewski's works (in Polish)
A collection also means everyday care for the safety of the artworks. Here is Dorota Nowak, talking about the conservation of Wróblewski's works.
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Thaw and modernization of artLecture by Piotr Słodowski (in Polish)
The lecture accompanied an exhibition that recalls graphic works from the 50s and 60s from our collection. Listen about cultural policy after socialist realism.
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Contemporary painting on ceramic bowlsExhibition catalogue (in Polish)
1978, Kordegarda Gallery and the collection of Jan Styczyński.
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1968 Exhibition of Contemporary French PaintingArchive
The 1968 exhibition was in line with the cultural policy of the minister André Malraux, who established a commission in charge of public procurement of works of art.
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#13: Bending the StructureNotes on Monika Sosnowska’s Exhibition
Gabriela Świtek writes about Monika Sosnowska and her fascination with the engineering projects of Vladimir Shukhov.
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Monika SosnowskaPhotos
Have a look at the photo documentation of the newest exhibition at Zachęta!
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Eustachy Kossakowski. Geometric architecture at a construction siteCollection
Kossakowski's photos from the Polish Industry series were made in the 1960's for the Poland monthly.
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Alina Ślesińska. The BridgeFilm from the collection
Visualizations of sculptor's architectural designs based on Eustachy Kossakowski's photomontages.
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Forms — FranceArchive
‘Technological progress provides the artist with solutions unknown hitherto’ — wrote Michel Faré in 1964 in the exhibition catalog.
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Bartosz Mucha. 52 Lazy WeeksFolder
Improving the quality of life, caring for physical comfort and mental hygiene in modern times ... Read more about the Mucha's para-architectural projects.
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#12: Reality with ErrorsCuratorial essay
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.
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1 : 1Art Biennale
Sosnowska represented Poland at the 52nd International Art Exhibition in Venice. Find out more about her project 1 : 1.
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New Sculpture?Photos
Monika Sosnowska's monumental Staircase was presented at the exhibition New Sculpture? in 2012.
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New Sculpture?Exhibition folder
The exhibition curated by Maria Brewińska took on the subject of the relationship between contemporary sculpture and modernism. Find out more from the folder accompanying the exhibition.
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Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz. UntitledCollection
From our collection we present a work from the early 1970s by Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz – a great example of a metal sculpture.
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25 Years of the Polish People's Republic in PhotographyArchive
‘An image of the country in which we live, which we build, improve and beautify’ –this is how the exhibition was announced in the press in 1969.
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#11: Plac Małachowskiego 3Text
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.
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Krzysztof Wodiczko. Projection on the facade of ZachętaFilm from the collection
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.
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Plac Małachowskiego 3Documentation
From an iridescent fountain to dance performances – we recall all the events accompanying the exhibition Plac Małachowskiego 3.
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No, No, I Hardly Ever Miss a ShowFolder
The first exhibition inspired by Zachęta's audience decelopment research that took place in 2011. We recommend reading the curators' texts.
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Katarzyna Przezwańska. Plant potCollection
The monumental pot, made by using an original mould preserved at the defunct workshop in Łysa Góra, decorated the entrance to the ZPR.
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2nd Nationwide Interior Design ExhibitionArchive
1957. In front of Zacheta Zachęta there was a "propaganda" spatial decoration designed by Wojciech Zamecznik.
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Audio description of the Zachęta buildingFacade (in Polish)
What does the gallery facade look like? Find out from the audio description by Katarzyna Kucharska-Hornung.
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Aquatic Plants infront of ZachętaDocumentation
A water pot from the 1960s stood in front of Zachęta in the summer of 2018. See what plants we planted with the support of the University of Warsaw Botanical Garden.
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Ahmed Cherkaoui in WarsawNew publication (in Polish)
Przemysław Strożek's book presents Polish-Moroccan artistic relations in various art fields: from painting to film and conceptual practices.
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#10: Koji Kamoji. The Will To Live Is the Most Important Thing of AllInterview
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.
No. 10/2020 -
Praise the Flowery MeadowsFilm from the collection
The artist together with his grandmother perform a religious song, in other words, a film from Karol Radziszewski's "family cycle".
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Alina Szapocznikow. Tumours PersonifiedCollection
A series of several head casts – deformed self-portraits of the artist, depicting her struggling with the disease.
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Aneta Grzeszykowska. Death and the MaidenDocumentation
The artist's main motifs were present at her solo exhibition, including processing personal stories or obsessively focusing on the issue of invisibility.
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HousematesExhibition folder
Ania Witkowska and Adam Witkowski in their project sought to answer the question: to what extent does them being a family unit affects their work.
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Karolina Wiktor. Pusto-stan nienawiściBook (in Polish)
Another artistic book by Wiktor, who through visual and textual materials analyzes the surrounding reality from a personal perspective.
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Renato GuttusoArchive
In 1954, Karol Eberhardt wrote about "violent and colorful art" of Guttuso. The past exhibition from the CBWA is recalled by Karolina Zychowicz.
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#9: Andrzej Wajs. AlienationsEssay
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.
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Alienations or The Fire Next TimeExhibition
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.
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Jarosław Kozakiewicz. SatopticonFilm from the collection
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.
No. 9/2020 -
AlienationsVideo guide in Polish Sign Language
Daniel Kotowski talks about the vision of exhibition's curator – Maria Brewińska and the ideas behind the presented films. (in Polish)
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City of AmbitionFolder
The project presented in 2011 presented photos of Chongqing – one of many developing Chinese cities, growing at an impressive and alarming pace.
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WeedsA talk with artist and curator (in Polish)
Recording of a discussion accompanying the exhibition Weeds by Karolina Grzywnowicz – a project about plants that are a record of social and political history.
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Warsaw 1945. Leonard SempolińskiArchive
The exhibition presented the symbolic "starting point" of the People's Republic of Poland, presenting photos of Warsaw's ruins, taken just after the liberation of the city.
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Hotel Polonia. The Afterlife of BuildingsDocumetation
The intention of the project awarded with the Venetian Golden Lion was to show buildings as stage decorations for social, political and economic scenarios.
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#8: The Collection That Wasn’t Meant to BeInterview
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.
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Contemporary trendsArchive
'Waterbull (1945), a Pollock painting owned by the Stedelijk since 1950, was sent to Warsaw. The work constituted the artist’s answer to Picasso’s Guernica, travelling around the US from 1939'
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Erna Rosenstein. FountainCollection
The artist's very personal, poetic work is positioned within the limits of broadly understood surrealism. Vital, organic forms and color patches characterize her work from the 1960s.
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Krzysztof Żwirblis. Social Museum, Ochota 2012Film from the collection
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.
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To Pee in a BunZachęta TV
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).
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CollectionsPhotos
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.
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Taking care of the collectionBook (in Polish)
How to look after contemporary works of art? We recommend the book accompanying an unusual display from the Zachęta collection (This is not an exhibition, 2008).
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Gizela SzancerForgotten (?) animator of Polish artistic life (in Polish)
Karolina Zychowicz writes about the legendary director of the Central Bureau of Art Exhibitions Zachęta (1954–1969).
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#7: Dominika JanickaInterview
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.
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Oskar Hansen, Bohdan UrbanowiczArchive
Hansen's Open Form and Linear Continuous System, as well as an analysis of the "visual contamination" and a critique of Urbanowicz's urban monoculture – a Venetian presentation at CBWA in 1977.
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Grzeszykowska/Smaga. YMCACollection
A historic building in which Tyrmand wrote The Man With White Eyes, through the gaze of Aneta Grzeszykowska and Jan Smaga.
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Spatial Planning and OrganisationFilm from the collection
In the scenery of a skeleton frame of an unfinished hotel, four women dressed as maids play the expected roles...
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Amplifying NatureBook
Can a building be as dynamic as the climate? This and other questions are answered in the publication accompanying the exhibition in the Polish Pavilion at the 2018 Architecture Biennale.
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Discussion: Architecture and powerAudio (in Polish)
A panel accompanying the Impossible Figures exhibition (2014) showed the connections between architecture and power, both in a historical and contemporary context.
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Tango on 16 square metresPhotos
An enormous wall unit and Rybczyński's Oscar winning film, in other words, a look at small apartments – past and present.
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The Rise and Fall of AirVideo documentation
Zachęta's building as a sound-absorbing sculpture? The Warsaw edition of the project by Katarzyna Krakowiak, presented in 2012 at Venice Biennale.
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#6: Fun Is an Essential Element of ExistenceInterview
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.
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Nikifor, Ociepka, Stolorz, Wróbel, KudłaExhibitions archive
First extensive exhibition of naïve art at the CBWA took place in 1958. Gabriela Świtek writes about the show and its reception.
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Marta Deskur. This Is Klara And This Is Me, PicoCollection
The theme of children appears in many of Deskur's works. The artist's nephews are the protagonists of the presented series.
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Contemporary Art for All ChildrenBook (in Polish)
The first exhibition prepared for and by children took place at Zachęta in 2003. Here is the catalog accompanying this exhibition!
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Anna Niesterowicz. GierekFilm from the collection
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.
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Contemporary Polish illustration for childrenDiscussion (in Polish)
What should a good illustrated children's book look like? Our panelists tried to answer this question.
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How to watch exhibitions with children?(in Polish)
Karolina Vyšata presents a handful of ideas for how to watch art together with your children.
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The Devil’s Power, Bad dreamsVideo
The films by Olaf and Konstanty Brzeski were presented at the exhibition Two Arts Are Better than One. See how to stimulate children's creativity.
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Interactive PlaygroundPhotos
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!
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On-line Magazine #5: John LurieInterview
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.
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American Graphic ArtExhibitions archive
"For the first time we have the opportunity to get more closely acquainted with drawings, prints and watercolours from the U.S" — wrote an art critique in 1958. Read Petra Skorypsky's research paper.
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Krzysztof Zarębski. GuitarCollection
By combining and modifying objects the artist created a completely new item — a visual idea of things.
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Katarzyna Kozyra. CheerleaderFilm from the collection
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.
No. 5/2020 -
The Artists. 1st editionAlbum
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.
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Brasil: Arte / MúsicaFolder
Dangerous liaisons between visual arts and music were exposed by Brazilian artists at the ZPR. Enjoy the exhibition folder.
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Invasion of SoundExhibition poster
The first exhibition at Zachęta dedicated to music and visual arts took place in 2009. See the poster and read about this international show.
No. 5/2020 -
Musical ImagesStanisław Dróżdż
Dróżdż's painting from the Zachęta collection inspired middle school students to create their musical interpretations of this work. Listen to the Musical Image and get inspired yourself!
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On-line Magazine #4: Rafał BujnowskiInterview
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.
No. 4/2020 -
Italian Contemporary ArtArchive
100 Works from Futurism to the Present Day Depicting the Italian Contribution to European Avant-garde in the 20th Century – CBWA, year 1968.
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Włodzimierz Pawlak. Journal No. 2Collection
How to you depict passage of time? Pawlak presents it on a canvas with the help of clippings, past mementos and pictograms.
No. 4/2020 -
Jacek Malinowski. The StainFilm from the collection
Three episodes, connected by the theme of disaster and inspired by Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds.
No. 4/2020 -
Łysa Góra Experiment — 50 Years LaterCuratorial walk-through (in Polish)
Ceramic architectural decorations from the 60s, and contemporary artists. Listen to the exhibition’s curator.
No. 4/2020 -
In Search of Lost TimeAudio description (in Polish)
For a ten-year-old, what is “looking for lost time”? Listen to audio description of the work by Tymon Rogalski and his parents.
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Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More — Time TestFolder
How does time and change of space affect an artwork? We recall Konrad Smoleński’s project and the accompanying folder.
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On-line Magazine #3: Anna JermolaewaInterview
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.
No. 3/2020 -
Exhibition of works by Soviet artistsArchive
The first comprehensive showcase of Soviet socialist realism took place at Zachęta in 1951. About its ideological dimension, among others, writes dr hab. Iwona Luba.
No. 3/2020 -
Romani Alphabet BoardCollection
Romani Alphabet Boards are a series of graphics by Dorota Podlaska, with which the artist introduces a culture, which is close to us.
No. 3/2020 -
Łukasz Jastrubczak. Need For SpeedFilm from the collection
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.
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Romano kherPublication (in Polish)
Romano kher means Romani home. We recommend a publication edited by Monika Weychert Waluszko devoted to Roma art, aesthetics and experience.
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Death of a TravellerMeeting with Anna Wieczorkiewicz and Anna Horolets (in Polish)
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.
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Hiwa K: Highly Unlikely but not ImpossibleGuide in Polish Sign Language
Speaking of travel, it is difficult to avoid the most current topic – refugees. Also available for hearing people.
No. 3/2020 -
On-line Magazine #2: Zbigniew WarpechowskiInterview
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.
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Stanisław Ignacy WitkiewiczExhibitions archive
Paintings and drawings by Witkacy, at an exhibition arranged by Tadeusz Kantor himself. We are going back in time to 1967.
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When Many Years Ago I Came to Wrocław for the First TimeCollection
Ewa Zarzycka – performer and conceptual artist. Here are her drawings from our collections.
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Chief Judge. FuriesFilm from the Zachęta collection
Aleksandra Kubiak and Karolina Wiktor as mythical goddesses of revenge. Video performance and an ironic pun based on the duo’s name.
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Bogna Burska. NestFragment of the performance (in Polish)
Inauguration of the Plac Małachowskiego 3 project, with a surprise artistic performance.
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Natalia Bażowska. LairVideo documentation
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.
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We Like it Very Much. Contemporary. Art. QuestionsBook (in Polish)
One of the chapters in our guide to contemporary art for teenagers is dedicated to Warpechowski’s Plating.
No. 2/2020 -
On-line Magazine #1: Peter LandInterview
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.
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Exhibition of Danish Contemporary ArtExhibitions Archive
Prof. Andrzej Pieńkos writes about the exhibition of young Danish artists, presented at Zachęta in 1968.
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Cezary Bodzianowski. Giro d'ItaliaCollection
Duchamp and a bicycle badge – in other words, appropriation art carried out by one of the most pawky Polish artists.
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Azorro. FamilyFilm from the Zachęta collection
A typical Polish family in an unusual situation. Art education of the society showed through the absurd humor of Azorro group.
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Mother Earth Sister MoonPhotos from the project
Joanna Malinowska & Christian Tomaszewski inspired by the Soviet space program.
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Antonisz: Technology for Me Is a Form of ArtExhibition poster
Do you remember this extraordinary exhibition of Julian Antoniszczak? Accompanying poster was designed by Jakub de Barbaro.
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Liliana Porter. SituationsVideo guide in Polish Sign Language
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.
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