Exhibitions

  • 08.11.2025 – 01.02.2026
    Moving Image

    To mark the 25th anniversary of the ING Polish Art Foundation, Moving Image explores collecting cultural artefacts not simply as acquisition or preservation, but as a gesture toward an unknown future recipient.

    Zachęta | Plac Małachowskiego 3
  • 17.10.2025 – 08.02.2026
    What Are Our Collective Dreams?
    Global Connections — Abandoned Friendships

    The exhibition opens the archives of Zachęta to revisit the networks of global artistic relations forged during the socialist era in Poland.

    Zachęta | Plac Małachowskiego 3
  • 04.10.2025 – 04.01.2026
    Katarzyna Depta-Garapich. Feral

    Katarzyna Depty-Garapich's exhibition at Zachęta's Project Room tells a story about the process of “becoming wild,” understood as going beyond the boundaries of norms and social expectations.

    ZPR | Gałczyńskiego 3
  • 20.11.2025 – 01.02.2026
    Ghost Rider

    Christelle Oyiri’s exhibition titled Ghost Rider, part of the BMW Art Club 2025 project, opens on 20 November at Zachęta!

    Opening
    soon
    Zachęta | Plac Małachowskiego 3
  • Open Zachęta

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

    Zachęta | Online
  • 10.05 – 23.11.2025
    Lares and Penates

    Exhibition displayed in the Polish Pavilion during the 19th International Architecture Biennale in Venice.

    Polish Pavilion in Venice

Events

  • Open Call
    Moving image

    The Zachęta team invites you to unique events accompanying the exhibition Moving Image. Do you dream of breaking a few rules? Are you wondering who actually “speaks” through museum descriptions?

    Zachęta | Plac Małachowskiego 3
  • 08.11 (SOB) 15:15
    Moving Image
    GUIDED TOUR IN ENGLISH WITH AUDRIUS POCIUS

    Join us for a guided tour with Audrius Pocius, curator of the Moving Image exhibition.

    Zachęta | Plac Małachowskiego 3
  • 08.11 (SOB) 16:00
    Екскурсія українською мовою
    (in Ukrainian)

    Екскурсію проведе Юлія Кривич.

    Zachęta | Plac Małachowskiego 3
  • ±∞ZACHĘTA SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME
    Gessel Foundation

    We invite you to participate in the next edition of the competition. The deadline for submitting entries in both categories is November 15, 2025. We encourage you to read the rules and regulations and the program's guidelines in detail.

    Zachęta | Gessel Foundation

E-Bookshop

  • What are our collective dreams? Exhibition folder
    Zachęta's publications

    Official folder for the exhibition What Are Our Collective Dreams? Global Connections — Abandoned Friendships

    > Buy online

    Zachęta Art Bookshop
  • MEMORY Game (Zacheta Collection Edition)
    Gifts

    Let's play a MEMORY Game created from a selection of sixteen works from Zachęta — National Gallery of Art collection.

    > Buy online

    Zachęta Art Bookshop
  • E-Bookshop

    Zachęta's Art Bookshop is an ideal place for all art lovers. It offers a wide selection of catalogues, art publications, children books, as well as films, postcards and posters. The bookshop holds many events, including book promotions and meetings with authors. Visit us during the gallery's opening hours, as well as during late events accompanying exhbitions.

    Zachęta Art Bookshop
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