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    What Are Our Collective Dreams? Global Relations — Abandoned Friendships | exhibition

    Event poster with yellow typewriter-style text over a dark maroon background reading bilingual event title and dates: “What are our collective dreams? Global connections — abandoned friendships” and Polish equivalent, typographic world-map motif, moody cinematic lighting, cultural discussion event, Oct 17 2025–Feb 8 2026
    Event poster with yellow typewriter-style text over a dark maroon background reading bilingual event title and dates: “What are our collective dreams? Global connections — abandoned friendships” and Polish equivalent, typographic world-map motif, moody cinematic lighting, cultural discussion event, Oct 17 2025–Feb 8 2026

    About the event

    What Are Our Collective Dreams? / O czym wspólnie marzymy?



    📅 17.10.2025 – 08.02.2026
    ⏰ Opening: 16.10 Thursday, 7:00 PM



    Location: Zachęta – National Gallery of Art / Zachęta – Narodowa Galeria Sztuki, Warsaw



    Curators:



    • Taras Gembik
    • Joanna Kordjak
    • Antonina Stebur


    Contemporary works by:



    • Aravani Art Project
    • Arpirellas
    • Oliwia Bosomtwe
    • Oksana Briukhovetska
    • Minerva Cuevas
    • Galas (Vladyslav Gryn)
    • Nadira Husain
    • Hamlet Lavastida
    • Marysia Lewandowska
    • Ibrahim Mahama
    • Amy Muhoro
    • Marina Naprushkina
    • Thuc Linh Nguyen Vu
    • Ahmet Öğüt
    • PUNTO ESPORA | La Ciudad Abierta
    • Alicja Rogalska
    • Laila Shawa
    • Janek Simon
    • Marta Romankiv
    • Weronika Zalewska


    Historical context and collections:



    • Documentation from the archives of Zachęta and Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende
    • Arpilleras from the Conflict Textiles collection, Ulster University, Belfast
    • Works from the collections of the National Museum in Warsaw


    Graphic design: Kaja Kusztra



    Partners and supporters:



    • Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (funding)
    • Towarzystwo Zachęty Sztuk Pięknych
    What Are Our Collective Dreams? Global Relations — Abandoned Friendships | exhibition

    An exhibition exploring post‑socialist international ties and cultural solidarity.

    What Are Our Collective Dreams? Global Relations — Abandoned Friendships | exhibition

    An exhibition exploring post‑socialist international ties and cultural solidarity.

    Event poster with yellow typewriter-style text over a dark maroon background reading bilingual event title and dates: “What are our collective dreams? Global connections — abandoned friendships” and Polish equivalent, typographic world-map motif, moody cinematic lighting, cultural discussion event, Oct 17 2025–Feb 8 2026
    What Are Our Collective Dreams? Global Relations — Abandoned Friendships | exhibition

    An exhibition exploring post‑socialist international ties and cultural solidarity.

  1. ORLEN (patron)
  2. Embassy of Chile in Poland and Honorary Consulate of Chile in Wrocław
  3. Goethe-Institut, Fundacja Yes, Akzo Nobel, Dulux Professional
  4. Media patrons: artinfo.pl, K MAG, TVP KULTURA
  5. Supported by British Council as part of UK/Poland Season 2025


    6. 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.

    Location

    plac Stanisława Małachowskiego 3, 00-916 Warszawa, Poland

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