Wolfgang Tillmans recommends:

Happiness
dir. Todd Solondz
USA, 1998, 134 minutes

The film is a portrayal of the lives of three sisters, their families, friends, neighbours and neighbours’ neighbours. Although this motley crew includes murderers, porn fans and rapists, they appear at first sight as ordinary people...

The film was awarded the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.

“It is enough to see the opening scene, both meticulously acted and fumy, which shows a man and a woman after a failed date, to make the viewer moved and at the same time embarrassed. The film shows what lies beneath the bigoted folly and the facade of happiness”. (Wolfgang Tillmans)

screenings, meetings and discussion held in the multimedia room
entrance from Burschego Street
free entrance

event accompanying the exhibition
  • 19.11.2011 – 29.01.2012
    Wolfgang Tillmans
    Zachęta Ermutigung

    Zachęta Ermutigung, the first individual exhibition in Poland of works by the world famous photographer Wolfgang Tillmans, has been prepared by the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf in cooperation with Zachęta National Gallery of Art.

    Zachęta National Gallery of ArtZachęta
Upcoming events
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  • 14.10 (Tue) 18:00
    Surreal spaces
    (in Polish)
    Zachęta | entrance from ul. Burschego (down the stairs)Zachęta | entrance from ul. Burschego (down the stairs)
  • 15.10 (Wed) 11:00
    Time for art
    (in Polish)
    Zachęta – National Gallery of ArtZachęta
  • 15.10 (Wed) 18:00
    S(a)ns sztuki
    in Polish
    Zachęta | entrance from ul. Burschego (down the stairs)Zachęta | entrance from ul. Burschego (down the stairs)
  • 16.10 (Thu) 12:15
    Thursday Guided Tour of Current Exhibitions
    (In Polish)
    Zachęta – National Gallery of ArtZachęta
  • 17.10 (Fri) 12:15
    LOOKING / TO SEE – Guided Tour for Adults 60+ of the Exhibition “Joanna Fluder. Śluz”
    (In Polish)
    Zachęta – National Gallery of ArtZachęta
  • 17.10 (Fri) 17:00
    Zachęta signs!
    (in Polish)
    Zachęta – National Gallery of ArtZachęta
  • 17.10 (Fri) 17:00
    Craft and Resistance
    What Are Our Collective Dreams? | Opening weekend
    Zachęta | entrance from ul. Burschego (down the stairs)Zachęta | entrance from ul. Burschego (down the stairs)
  • 17.10 (Fri) 18:00
    Screening of ‘Escorias’ (2025) by the Ciudad
    What Are Our Collective Dreams? | Opening weekend
    Zachęta | entrance from ul. Burschego (down the stairs)Zachęta | entrance from ul. Burschego (down the stairs)
  • 18.10 (Sat) 12:00
    Vladyslav Gryn. Galas | Workshops with the artist
    What Are Our Collective Dreams? | Opening weekend
    Zachęta | entrance from ul. Burschego (down the stairs)Zachęta | entrance from ul. Burschego (down the stairs)
  • 18.10 (Sat) 14:00
    Sewing as a form of resistance | Workshop in English and Ukrainian
    What Are Our Collective Dreams? | Opening weekend
    Zachęta / workshop room (entrance through the main hall)Zachęta / workshop room (entrance through the main hall)
  • 18.10 (Sat) 16:00
    BAZARCH
    Teatr Komuna WarszawaTeatr Komuna Warszawa
  • 18.10 (Sat) 16:00
    Radical Pedagogy
    What Are Our Collective Dreams? | Opening weekend
    Zachęta | entrance from ul. Burschego (down the stairs)Zachęta | entrance from ul. Burschego (down the stairs)