Exhibitions
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08.11.2025 – 01.02.2026
Moving ImageMoving Image explores collecting cultural artefacts not simply as acquisition or preservation, but as a gesture toward an unknown future recipient.
Second opening – 15 January >
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 -
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 -
17.01 – 29.03.2026
Agnieszka Mastalerz. Reszta/Remainder
At the exhibition at Zachęta's Project Room, we will present Agnieszka Mastalerz's latest project – a choreographic video work with footage filmed at the Weissenhofmuseum in Stuttgart.
Opening
soonZPR | 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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20.01 – 30.01.2026
Winter holidays at Zachęta
During the school holidays, we invite you to a series of workshops accompanying the current exhibitions at Zachęta. Children, teenagers and adults will take part in artistic and creative activities: we will create a large-format forest mural, design slogans and banners, record original audio guides and meet at workshops combining conversation and food.
Zachęta | Plac Małachowskiego 3 -
15.01 (CZW) 19:00
Moving Image. Second opening
Young people take on the role of curators of the exhibition at Zachęta! As part of the educational programme, workshop participants co-create the narrative of the exhibition, introducing real changes in the ways in which the works are presented and communicated. You will be able to see the results of their work during the second opening of the exhibition on 15 January.
Zachęta | Plac Małachowskiego 3 -
15.01 (CZW) 12:15
Thursday guided tours of current exhibitionsin Polish
Our education team invites you to guided tours every Thursday!
Zachęta | Plac Małachowskiego 3 -
18.01 (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 -
01.01 – 31.12.2026
What's new2026 | Announcement of upcoming exhibitions
We invite you to explore the exhibition programme preview for 2026.
Zachęta | Plac Małachowskiego 3
E-Bookshop
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What are our collective dreams? Exhibition folderZachęta's publications
Twelve works selected from 3,800 pieces in the Zachęta collection.
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What are our collective dreams?Gifts
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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