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
all
  • 30.11 (Sun) 12:15
    Sunday guided tour
    (in Polish)
    Zachęta – National Gallery of ArtZachęta
  • 02.12 (Tue) 17:00
    Walking exercises
    (in Polish)
    Zachęta | in the exhibition spaceZachęta | in the exhibition space
  • 03.12 (Wed) 18:00
    Se(a)ns sztuki
    (in Polish)
    Zachęta | entrance from ul. Burschego (down the stairs)Zachęta | entrance from ul. Burschego (down the stairs)
  • 04.12 (Thu) 12:15
    Thursday guided tours of current exhibitions
    in Polish
    Zachęta – National Gallery of ArtZachęta
  • 04.12 (Thu) 18:00
    Premiere of the book ‘OHNE ENDE’ about the lives of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore
    Zachęta | entrance from ul. Burschego (down the stairs)Zachęta | entrance from ul. Burschego (down the stairs)
  • 05.12 (Fri) 17:30
    Comfort and painting with food
    (in Polish)
    Zachęta | in the exhibition spaceZachęta | in the exhibition space
  • 06.12 (Sat) 12:30
    Christmas family workshops
    (in Polish)
    Zachęta / workshop room (entrance through the main hall)Zachęta / workshop room (entrance through the main hall)
  • 06.12 (Sat) 17:00
    A map is not equal to a territory
    (in Polish)
    Zachęta – National Gallery of ArtZachęta
  • 07.12 (Sun) 12:15
    Sunday guided tour
    (in Polish)
    Zachęta – National Gallery of ArtZachęta
  • 07.12 (Sun) 15:00
    Open workshop in English for adults
    Open workshop in English for adults
    Zachęta – National Gallery of ArtZachęta
  • 11.12 (Thu) 12:15
    Thursday guided tours of current exhibitions
    in Polish
    Zachęta – National Gallery of ArtZachęta
  • 11.12 (Thu) 18:00
    Meeting of the Zachęta Book Club
    (in Polish)
    Zachęta | entrance from ul. Burschego (down the stairs)Zachęta | entrance from ul. Burschego (down the stairs)