Exhibitions
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21.11 – 04.12.2025
Free admission to all Zachęta exhibitions21.11 – 4.12BMW is offering free admission to all Zachęta exhibitions for the first two weeks after the opening of the Ghost Rider exhibition, from 21 November to 4 December 2025. No online ticket is required.
Zachęta | Plac Małachowskiego 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!
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 -
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 -
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 -
Open Zachęta
One of the largest projects to digitize and share contemporary art collections in Poland.
Zachęta | Online -
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
Events
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27.11 (CZW) 12:15
Thursday guided tours of current exhibitionsin Polish
Our education team invites you to guided tours every Thursday!
Zachęta | Plac Małachowskiego 3 -
27.11 (CZW) 18:00
What the State knows about our work(in Polish, English and Russian)
Presentation of the Zentrale Group report.
Zachęta | Plac Małachowskiego 3 -
30.11 (ND) 12:15
Sunday Guided Tours of Current Exhibitions(In Polish)
We invite you to join us for regular Sunday guided tours of the current exhibitions at Zachęta.
Zachęta | Plac Małachowskiego 3 -
02.12 (WT) 17:00
Walking exercises(in Polish)
The event format combines elements of a performative lecture with a movement workshop.
Zachęta | Plac Małachowskiego 3 -
03.12 (ŚR) 18:00
Se(a)ns sztukiZeszlego roku w Marienbadzie (reż. Alain Resnais, 1961)
Se(a)ns sztuki is produced by Zachęta – National Gallery of Art in cooperation with the Bank Millennium Foundation.
Zachęta | Plac Małachowskiego 3 -
04.12 (CZW) 18:00
Premiere of the book ‘OHNE ENDE’ about the lives of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore
During the premiere, a film made by Dobromiła Dobro on the island of Jersey in March 2025 will also be presented.
Zachęta | Plac Małachowskiego 3 -
11.12 (CZW) 18:00
Wszystko to zbyt małeMeeting of the Zachęta Book Club
Are you reading? Are you listening? Would you like to exchange views and discuss?
Zachęta | Plac Małachowskiego 3 -
13.12 (SOB) 16:00
Ciągle zerkam kątem oka(in Polish)
As part of the joint celebration, Agata Kulesza will read excerpts from the texts live, and Justyna Dąbrowska will lead a discussion with the authors.
Zachęta | Plac Małachowskiego 3 -
E-Bookshop
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What are our collective dreams? Exhibition folderZachęta's publications
Official folder for the exhibition What Are Our Collective Dreams? Global Connections — Abandoned Friendships
> Buy online
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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
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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