The cemetery as a shelter?
A walk through the Jewish cemetery on Okopowa Street (in Polish)

Jewish Cemetary
free entry

We invite you for a walk through the Jewish cemetery on Okopowa St. with its director Witold Wrzosinski, Natalia Romik and Aleksandra Janus. (in Polish).

Financial support of the public programme:

event accompanying the exhibition
  • 31.03 – 17.07.2022
    Natalia Romik
    Hideouts. The architecture of survival

    Natalia Romik’s exhibition is an artistic tribute to survival architecture, the hiding places built and used by Jews during the Holocaust. They used tree hollows, wardrobes, urban sewers, caves or empty graves to create temporary shelters.

    Zachęta – National Gallery of ArtZachęta
Upcoming events
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  • 19.01 (Sun) 12:15
    Sunday guided tour
    (in Polish)
    Zachęta – National Gallery of ArtZachęta
  • 21.01 – 28.01.2025
    Potential histories
    Symposium
    Zachęta – National Gallery of ArtZachęta
  • 21.01 (Tue) 19:00
    Bojarska – Ratajczak – Wielgosz: Discussion of Achille Mbembe's "Brutalizm"
    (in Polish)
    Zachęta | entrance from ul. Burschego (down the stairs)Zachęta | entrance from ul. Burschego (down the stairs)
  • 23.01 (Thu) 18:00
    Humanitarian crisis as a permanent condition
    Zachęta | Cinema Room (entrance through the exhibition)Zachęta | Cinema Room (entrance through the exhibition)
  • 24.01 (Fri) 12:15
    Looking/Seeing. Contemporary art and the seniors
    Zachęta – National Gallery of ArtZachęta
  • 27.01 – 30.01.2025
    Bunt Głuchych. Renewal
    Zachęta – National Gallery of ArtZachęta – National Gallery of Art
  • 01.02 – 02.02.2025
    Potential History Symposium
    Zachęta – National Gallery of ArtZachęta