Zachęta — National Gallery of Art
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 Marlene Dumas, Luc Tuymans, Jan Lebenstein, Zbigniew Libera, Tadeusz Kantor, Katarzyna Kozyra, Koji Kamoji, Susan Mogul, Yayoi Kusama, Wilhelm Sasnal or Wolfgang Tillmans. Zachęta also holds widely discussed problem exhibitions such as „From The Ashes”, „Does the rising sun affright” czy The discomfort of evening”. The gallery presents the works of young artists. Their works can be seen also at the Zachęta Project Room, a space-laboratory that is a stage for artistic experiments.
Now on view
3 exhibitions
João Maria Gusmão. Following the White Tiger
Post Brothers
An image is not merely a representation of reality – it is also a material trace of light, a physical construction, and a carrier of meanings. In his films, João Maria Gusmão uses the analogue medium to explore the…
Karolina Grzywnowicz. Desensitization
Katarzyna Kołodziej-Podsiadło
In her latest works presented at the exhibition, Karolina Grzywnowicz addresses the political aspect of the senses – she looks at how the authorities may target the body, including both our sensory experiences of…
Alina Szapocznikow / Nairy Baghramian
Pavel Pyś, Paweł Pyś
Organised to celebrate the centenary of Alina Szapocznikow’s birth, the exhibition brings her pioneering sculptures, drawings, prints and photographs into dialogue with Naira Baghramian’s latest works.
