Exhibitions
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17.10.2025 – 08.02.2026
What Are Our Collective Dreams?Global Connections — Abandoned FriendshipsThe 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 -
20.11.2025 – 22.02.2026
Ghost Rider
Christelle Oyiri’s exhibition titled Ghost Rider, part of the BMW Art Club 2025 project, opens on 20 November at Zachęta!
Zachęta | Plac Małachowskiego 3 -
17.01 – 29.03.2026
Agnieszka Mastalerz. Reszta/Remainder
At the exhibition at Zachęta's Project Room, we will present Agnieszka Mastalerz's latest project – a choreographic video work.
ZPR | Gałczyńskiego 3 -
20.02 – 04.04.2026
Krystyna Wojtyna-Drouet. I Cease to Exist for Myself
The solo presentation of Krystyna Wojtyna-Drouet's works is the result of the artist’s long-standing, deeply intuitive relationship with material and craft.
Opening
soonZachęta | Plac Małachowskiego 3 -
20.02 – 03.05.2026
Karolina Wiktor. Cartography of Motherhood
An interdisciplinary research-based art project examining the experience of motherhood among people with disabilities, as well as the visibility of neurodivergent individuals and their access to agency.
Opening
soonZachęta | Plac Małachowskiego 3 -
09.05 – 22.11.2026
Liquid Tongues
Liquid Tongues is an audio-video installation by Bogna Burska in collaboration with Daniel Kotowski.
Opening
soonPolish Pavilion in Venice -
Open Zachęta
One of the largest projects to digitize and share contemporary art collections in Poland.
Zachęta | Online
Events
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05.02 – 06.02.2026
GLOBAL AND FORGOTTEN CONNECTIONS
The conference brings together researchers and curators from various countries to examine transnational artistic exchanges beyond dominant Western narratives of art history. The programme also includes a guided tour of the exhibition What Are Our Collective Dreams? Global Connections – Abandoned Friendships. Admission is free.
Zachęta | Plac Małachowskiego 3 -
07.02 (SOB) 12:15
Curator's tour of the exhibitionWhat Are Our Collective Dreams? | Finissage weekend
Joanna Kordjak and Taras Gembik will discuss the key themes present in the exhibition.
Zachęta | Plac Małachowskiego 3 -
07.02 (SOB) 14:00
What kind of future do we want? What do we dream about?What Are Our Collective Dreams? | Finissage weekend
A meeting presenting the findings of a report on the dreams of Polish women and men. We invite you to a conversation about what gives us a sense of security today, what fuels our imagination — and whether it is still possible to build bridges between these two spheres.
Zachęta | Plac Małachowskiego 3 -
07.02 (SOB) 16:30
Co-thinking: speculative workshopWhat Are Our Collective Dreams? | Finissage weekend
We will invite participants to take part in shared exercises.
Zachęta | Plac Małachowskiego 3 -
08.02 (ND) 13:00
Cooking with Mama x GALASWhat Are Our Collective Dreams? | Finissage weekend
Two participatory workshops explore cooking as a practice of care, memory, and decolonial knowledge. Through collective food rituals, storytelling, and embodied practices, participants are invited to reflect on transgenerational histories, resistance, and solidarity across different cultural contexts.
Zachęta | Plac Małachowskiego 3 -
08.02 (ND) 10:45
Yoga at Zachęta
We would like to invite you to a new series of Sunday meetings with yoga in the space of the Zachęta. Surrounded by contemporary art, among works that stir the imagination and the senses, we encourage the practice of mindfulness in the here and now.
Zachęta | Plac Małachowskiego 3 -
08.02 (ND) 12:15
Sunday guided tour(in Polish)
“We invite you to join our regular Sunday guided tours of the current exhibitions at Zachęta.
Zachęta | Plac Małachowskiego 3 -
01.01 – 31.12.2026
What's new2026 | Announcement of upcoming exhibitions
We invite you to explore the exhibition programme preview for 2026.
Zachęta | Plac Małachowskiego 3 -
We are recruiting!
Position for Polish Speaker only.
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E-Bookshop
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What Are Our Collective Dreams?Zachęta's publications
What Are Our Collective Dreams?
Zachęta Art Bookshop -
What are our collective dreams?Gifts
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