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
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    „Agnieszka…. Morawińska, co ty tutaj robisz?”
    (in Polish)
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  • 29.05 (Thu) 12:15
    Thursday guided tours of current exhibitions
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    Looking/Seeing. Guided tours for adults 60+
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  • grafika promocyjna
    31.05 – 01.06.2025
    Zachęta Art Bookshop at ARTSHOW 5
    Bohema, ul. Szwedzka 22-26Bohema, ul. Szwedzka 22-26
  • 31.05 (Sat) 12:30
    Great fun on Children's Day weekend
    (in Polish)
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  • 31.05 (Sat) 16:00
    екскурсія українською мовою
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    Захента — Національна галерея мистецтв.Захента — Національна галерея мистецтв.
  • 31.05 (Sat) 17:00
    klub Zaproszenie 09 in Zachęta: felicity mangan (aus), jacob hus (bel)
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  • 01.06 (Sun) 11:00
    Poly’biorhythms
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    Plac na Rozdrożu (entrance to Ujazdowski Park)Plac na Rozdrożu (entrance to Ujazdowski Park)
  • 01.06 (Sun) 12:15
    Sunday guided tour
    (in Polish)
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  • 01.06 (Sun) 12:30
    Great fun for Children's Day weekend. Family workshops
    (in Polish)
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