
About us
Zachęta – National Gallery of Art is an institution whose mission is to popularise contemporary art as an important element of socio-cultural life. A place where the most interesting phenomena of 20th and 21st century art are presented.
The gallery stages temporary exhibitions. Among the outstanding Polish and foreign artists whose works have been shown in its historical, over 100 years old interiors are Paweł Althamer, Marlene Dumas, Luc Tuymans, Jan Lebenstein, Zbigniew Libera, Daniel Liebeskind, Tadeusz Kantor, Katarzyna Kozyra, Yayoi Kusama, Niki de Saint Phalle, Wilhelm Sasnal, Alina Szapocznikow or Wolfgang Tillmans. Zachęta also holds widely discussed problem exhibitions such as 20th-Century Classics; Revolutions 1968; Gender Check. Femininity and Masculinity in the Art of Eastern Europe; In God We Trust; Progress and Hygiene; Cannibalism? On Appropriation in Art; or Just After the War. Some of the works created by artists for specific exhibitions are donated to, or acquired for the Zachęta collection.
If you are interested in our collection, loans or photographs of our artworks: j.puzynska@zacheta.art.pl,
If you are interested in our library or exhibition archives: (documentation), , (library)
If you are interested in renting the gallery for special events:
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