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Artists from Krakow: The Generation 1950–1969
The exhibition presents artists connected with Krakow born in the 1950s and 1960s. This is the third exhibition in the series inaugurated by MOCAK in October 2015. The goal of this series is to review art in the city which for centuries has been a capital of art.
Marian Eile Artist and Editor
The exhibition will have a number of thematic sections. The MOCAK Collection encompasses a few dozen of Eile’s paintings, thus our intention is to present the largest individual Eile retrospective ever. Painting was Eile’s private passion although he never promoted himself as a painter in his magazine.
Marcin Berdyszak Vicious Circles of Madness
The works of Marcin Berdyszak are tinged with existential unease about human fate being predetermined by our position in time and place as well as our station in life; we remain imprisoned in a vicious circle of which we are not entirely aware and that we cannot quite control.
Paweł Althamer, Artur Żmijewski The Ultimate Song
At the exhibition we present a selection of 20 collages created between 2017 and 2019. The collages are made of excerpts cut out from books – starting with Taschen’s erotic and pornographic publications, through nature and anatomical albums, to scientific atlases.
Anthropocene. Student Exhibition – Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow
The works presented at the exhibition express a sense of unease and insecurity at the prospect of the predicted climatic catastrophe. Nature can no longer take the human impact.
Dialogue with the Space – the new exhibition of the MOCAK Collection
Works in which the relationship with the surroundings they are in plays a significant role and provides a semantic clinch are usually called installations.Artists employ the exhibition space available or design it themselves.
Contemporary Models of Realism – the new exhibition of the MOCAK Collection
The works presented here employ realistic language to take on board everything that matters in today’s world.
Stanisław Dróżdż Concept-Shapes (MOCAK Collection)
The year 2019 is the year of the 80th anniversary of the poet’s birthday and also the 10th anniversary of his death. In commemoration, the Museum is presenting an individual exhibition of the artist, which comprises entirely works from the MOCAK Collection.
Krystian Lupa
Live Factory 2 Warhol by Lupa (MOCAK Collection)
In collaboration with the Helena Modrzejewska National Stary Theatre in Krakow, the Museum organised display of Krystian
Lupa’s installation Live Factory 2 – an adaptation of the stage design for his theatre production Factory 2.
The Mieczysław Porębski Library (MOCAK Collection)
MOCAK’s Library is located in a side building. In one of the halls, Mieczysław Porębski’s Library is be exhibited.
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News

Changes in how the Museum operates
From 7 November 2020 MOCAK will be closed due to the epidemic of Coronavirus until 1 February 2021.

The publication Marian Eile: Artist and Editor is now out!
The catalogue that accompanies the Marian Eile exhibition Artist and Editor comprises reminiscences about Marian Eile, essays, interviews with Mieczysław Czuma and Wojciech Plewiński and the timeline of Eile’s life. The second part of the publication takes a closer look at the areas of Eile’s activity – as painter, editor and photographer.

The publication Paweł Althamer, Artur Żmijewski: The Ultimate Song is now out!
The book that accompanies the exhibition The Ultimate Song contains reproductions of a few dozen collages by Paweł Althamer and Artur Żmijewski, and poems by poets including Czesław and Oskar Miłosz, Paul Celan, Stanisław Grochowiak and Rafał Wojaczek.