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What’s On in Warsaw: Winter 2021/2022 � �
What's On in Warsaw
“The Time Of Caravaggio In The Collection Of Robert Longhi” at the Royal Castle in Warsaw
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Exhibitions
UNTIL 30.01 » Sayam Ghosh: Jak powraca las
Focusing on creating a new space for young artists who are tackling big topics in their works, Galeria Rynek 30’s inaugural exhibiton is Sayam Ghosh: Jak powraca las (ENG: How the forest returns by Sayam Ghosh)� Born and raised in Calcutta, Ghosh has been living in Poland for eight years and has chosen Warsaw and its surroundings as the theme of his photographic work� In this exhibition, his focus has turned to the activities of the Kampinos Forest, north of the city, that has undergone significant ecological change over the last 60 years� Ghosh’s recreation of the forest on this exceptional scale is the result of in-depth research and a close collaboration between the artist and scientists from Kampinos National Park� The perspective of change is also assisted in the first part of the exhibition by the archival photos of Roman Kobenda, the initiator of KPN� The second part is a spatial installation combining a musical piece based on field recordings in the Forest and visualisations of scientific research on the current state of the forest�QGallery Rynek 30, Rynek 32, www.muzeumwarszawy.pl. Open 11:00 – 18:00; Thu, Sat 11:00 – 20:00. Closed Mon. Tickets 1zł. UNTIL 16.01 » Tomasz Ciecierski: What do pictures want?
Named after a book by American academic W�J�T� Mitchell (What Do Pictures Want? The Lives and Loves of Images), this exhibition showcases little-known and low-key works by contemporary Polish artist Tomasz Ciecierski� Ciecierski, a graduate of (and former lecturer at) the Warsaw Academy of Fine Art, is primarily known for his abstract, colourful and geometric paintings, some comprising many small canvases which have been glued together� At Teatr Studio, you can see the artist’s less painterly side, such as his intriguing collages�QF-8, Teatr Studio, Plac Defilad 1, MCentrum, tel. +48 22 656 69 41, Tickets 3/1,5zł, www.teatrstudio.pl. Open 11:00-19:00. Closed Mon.
UNTIL 13.03 » Between Collectivism and Individualism — JAPANESE AVANT-GARDE IN THE 1950S AND THE 1960S
Realized in cooperation with three Japanese museums, this is a rare exhibition of avant-garde art from postWWII Japan� The displayed works of art, stemming from a time of political turbulence and rapid change, include paintings by so-called reportage painters (avantgarde realists), photographs from the Vivo collective, and works by members of art groups such as Jikken
Kōbō, the Democratic Artists Association, the Gutai Art Association and Kyūshū-ha�QF-6, Zachęta - National Gallery of Art, Pl. Małachowskiego 3, MNowy ŚwiatUniwersytet, tel. (+48) 22 556 96 00, Admission 20/10zł, family ticket 25zł, students 2zł. Thu free., www.zacheta. art.pl. Open 12:00 - 20:00. Closed Mon.
Marvel at Baroque artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio’s famed and quite creepy painting Boy Bitten by a Lizard and some forty other masterpieces from the collection of art historian Robert Longhi, including works by Lorenzo Lotto, Battista del Moro, Domenico Fetti, Dirck van Baburen, Matthias Stomer and Jusepe de Ribera� All this without making the trip to Florence, the usual home of Longhi’s Caravaggio & Caravaggisti art treasure trove�QG-4, Royal Castle, Pl. Zamkowy 4, tel. (+48) 22 355 51 70, Admission 30/20zł with audioguide; after 15:30 25/15zł without audioguide; kids and students with valid ID, 1zł; Wed free., www.zamek-krolewski.pl.
UNTIL 20.02 » Marta Krzeslak Moving Things
True to the name, this exhibition by young Polish artist Marta Krzeslak is indeed filled with moving things: both images and objects� These pieces of kinetic art include vortexes, a Sun-like object making its rounds around the exhibition space and a poetic light projection that morphes from the Universe to a desert lanscape to morning dew� At the same time, the exhibits are meant to be moving in a metaphorical sense, eliciting contemplation and feelings of wonder from the audience� QF-6, Zachęta - National Gallery of Art, Pl. Małachowskiego 3, MNowy Świat-Uniwersytet, tel. (+48) 22 556 96 00, Admission 20/10zł, family ticket 25zł, students 2zł. Thu free., www.zacheta.art.pl. Open 12:00 - 20:00. Closed Mon. UNTIL 27.02 » Cranach. Nature and the Sacred
With Christmas and Three Kings Day approaching in this Catholic country, it’s only fitting that some museums strike a more religious note� This temporary exhibition focuses on the work of German Renaissance painter Lucas Cranach the Elder, whose life spanned much of the 15th and 16th centuries� The stars of the show are the paintings Virgin and Child under the Fir Trees from the Archdiocese Museum in Wrocław and Adam and Eve from the National Museum in Warsaw, which happen to be the two most important paintings by Cranach kept in Polish collections� In addition, you can view prints by Albrecht Dürer, Albrecht Altdorfer and Augustin Hirschvogel, as well as drawings from the Danube school�QH-8, Warsaw National Museum, Al. Jerozolimskie 3, MNowy Świat-Uniwersytet, tel. (+48) 22 621 10 31, Admission 20/10zł for the permanent gallery. Tue free. Children and students up to 26 years of age pay 1zł. Purchased tickets 50/35 zł (can be used twice within 7 days)., www.mnw.art.pl. Open 10:00 - 18:00, Fri 10:00 - 21:00. Closed Mon.
UNTIL 20.03 » Invisible. Stories of Warsaw Servants
This exhibition tells the story of Warsaw’s domestic servants, who made up nearly 20% of the city’s workforce at the end of the 19th century� Largely invisible to both their contemporaries and, later, historians, these women were nevertheless a key social group and an indespensible part of many middle- and upper-class households of yesteryear� The Museum of Warsaw is now seeking to tell their story though a collection of 400 objects from the 19th and early 20th century, in addition to materials from communist times, when having a servant became a huge no-no, and more contemporary works of art� QF-4, Museum of Warsaw, Main Branch, Rynek Starego Miasta 28-42, tel. (+48) 22 277 44 02, Admission 12/7 zł, www.muzeumwarszawy.pl. Open 10:00 - 19:00. Closed Mon.
UNTIL 27.02 » Nikifor: A Painter Unlike Any Other
Nikifor Krynicki (born Epifaniy Drovnyak in 1895), better known as simply ‘Nikifor,’ was a Lemko painter of the naïve artistic style, hugely influential within Poland and further abroad� This exhibition presents 135 of his works from the collection of the National Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw, featuring the artist’s paperbased medium that used a range of techniques, including watercolor, gouache, pencils and crayons� Equally varied is the presentation of themes that were explored by the painter in his works: landscapes, urban
and fantasy architecture, railway stations, interiors of temples and shops, and depictions of the saints� Throughout this exhibition, one can clearly sense the atmosphere of Greek Catholicism, the environment in which Nikofor was raised, in addition to many aspects of Lemko culture and the atmosphere of his small hometown of Krynica Zdrój� The exhibition also plays an educational role by introducing everyone to the phenomenal talent of a man many considered to be mentally disabled (due to a speech impediment) and who unexpectedly changed the world of naïve art with a wealth of colours, expression and an incredible awareness of his surroundings�QF-6, National Ethnographic Museum, ul. Kredytowa 1, MNowy ŚwiatUniwersytet, tel. (+48) 22 827 76 41, Tickets 14/7zł, Thu free, www.ethnomuseum.pl. Open 10:00 - 17:00, Wed 11:00 - 19:00, Sat 10:00 - 18:00, Sun 12:00 - 17:00. Closed Mon.
UNTIL 16.01 » Political Art
This large, provocative and controversial exhibit delivers on its simple statement of presenting ‘political art’ from a wide variety of artists, from a wide variety of countries, touching on a wide variety of issues� Although some would argue that all art is political, these works are overtly so, which challenges the viewer to contemplate when freedom of expression and the tools of dissent ascend to the status of ‘art�’ The works on display conspicuously lack adequate context for the uneducated viewer to understand the politics underlying them� This may allow their artisitic merit to be considered more fairly, but it also exposes the audience to views that some have accused of being racist, fascist, homophobic or propagating disinformation� Although it serves the age-old question of ‘what is art,’ is it justified?QI-10, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, ul. Jazdów 2, MPolitechnika, tel. (+48) 22 628 12 71, Admission 16/8zł to all exhibitions, for two exhibitions 12/6zł, for one exhibition 10/5zł, entrance to project room 5zł, students up to 26 years of age 1zł. Thu free., www.u-jazdowski.pl. Open 12:00 - 19:00, Thu 12:00 - 21:00. Closed Mon.
UNTIL 02.01 » Young Talented Sexy | The Pathology of Normality
Young Talented Sexy (Młodzi Zdolni Seksowni) is an art collective founded by college-aged artists, mostly students of the Poznań University of the Arts: Anna Kossyk, Allen Mack, Julia Olszewska, Amadeusz Robaszkiewicz and Magda Sokołowska� These young folks focus on the reality faced by Millenials and Zoomers, with musings on corpo jobs, consumerism, the virtual world and the boring bits of everyday existence, from sipping a Starbucks latte to scanning an app at the Żabka convenience store�QI-10, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, ul. Jazdów 2, MPolitechnika, tel. (+48) 22 628 12 71, Admission 16/8zł to all exhibitions, for two exhibitions 12/6zł, for one exhibition 10/5zł, entrance to project room 5zł, students up to 26 years of age 1zł. Thu free., www.u-jazdowski.pl. Open 12:00 - 19:00, Thu 12:00 - 21:00. Closed Mon.
