Motherland in Art
‘Motherland’ is a crucial concept that has been undergoing a great and at times bitter modernisation all over the world. In our own individual quest for an answer to the question ‘What does “motherland” mean to me?’, let us consider the answers that artists give. The exhibition Motherland in Art presents the most striking responses.
Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart
To the Absolute through the Abstract
At the exhibition we present over 20 works from the collections of the museums in Osnabrück and Wiesbaden, as well as art galleries in Berlin and London and private collections.
Award of the Vordemberge-Gildewart Foundation 2018
After 7 years, the Vordemberge-Gildewart Foundation will award the Polish artist again. 16 artists have been selected to take part in the exhibition in MOCAK. On 27 June 2018 the international jury will announce the winners.
Play within the Walls of the Academy
At the exhibition we present the works of current students and recent graduates of the Faculty of Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vilnius. The objects, installations and films on display were created during 2014–2018 under the guidance of Deimantas Narkevičius.
MOCAK Collection
The new exhibition of the MOCAK Collection consists of two distinct parts. The first one is Polish collection of Josef Kloppenborg. In the second of these, we present the sculpture and objects that the Museum has acquired in the last three years.
Krystian Lupa
Live Factory 2 Warhol by Lupa
MOCAK in collaboration with The Stary Theatre is opening a new space as part of its Collection. We are showing Krystian Lupa’s interactive installation Live Factory 2, based on the stage design for his theatre production Factory 2.
The Mieczysław Porębski Library
MOCAK’s Library is located in a side building. In one of the halls, Mieczysław Porębski’s Library is be exhibited.
4 Lipowa St
30-702 Kraków
You can buy tickets no later than 6 pm
Tuesdays – admission free
Timeline
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Kraków Live Festival 2018
Film Fridays at MOCAK
Summer Cinema at MOCAK: The Immigrant
18.08.2018
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News
Exhibitions accompanying the Danish premiere of the opera The Passenger in Aarhus
As part of the programme accompanying the premiere of the opera The Passenger at the Den Jyske Opera in Aarhus (Denmark), there will be two exhibitions devoted to the life and work of Zofia Posmysz. The exhibitions can be seen from 3 to 28 August in the foyer of the Concert Hall of the Danish National Opera and in the Women’s Museum in Aarhus, curated by Maria Anna Potocka, Director of MOCAK.
Kraków Live Festival 2018
During 17–19 August, all participants of Kraków Live Festival 2018 are invited to MOCAK as part of our collaboration with the festival. All holders of a valid KLF ticket or armband will have free access to the exhibitions at the Museum.
Across the River: selected films by students, graduates and lecturers from IMAP
On Thursday 16 August 2018, at 6 pm, MOCAK and IMAP (Integrated Media Arts Production) from Jersey City would like to invite you to a review of short films by the students, graduates and lecturers on the IMAP programme. With Marcin Ramocki and Brandon Ascari.
