
📅 17.10.2025 – 08.02.2026
⏰ Opening: 16.10 Thursday, 7:00 PM
Location: Zachęta – National Gallery of Art / Zachęta – Narodowa Galeria Sztuki, Warsaw
Graphic design: Kaja Kusztra
The exhibition opens the archives of Zachęta to revisit networks of global artistic relations forged during the socialist era in Poland. Contemporary artists confront these histories with the present, asking what remains of the “internationalist friendships” from before 1989 and how they might shape our understanding of a shared past. The show critically examines a chapter of cultural policy from the Polish People’s Republic and reflects on the role of cultural institutions today, exploring artistic relations between Poland and regions of the global majority (e.g., Latin America, India, Vietnam, Palestine). Together with invited artists and activists, the curators raise questions about diversity, solidarity, and the role of cultural institutions as spaces for dialogue and shared reflection.
The program for opening weekend events (17–19.10) will be announced soon.