The Battles of Grunwald

Edward Dwurnik is one of the few contemporary painters who take on board historic themes. He was born in the year of the Ghetto Rising and has experienced in his own life all the acts of historical violence that befell Poland from that moment onwards. All these events appear in Dwurnik’s work; each worked into a cycle, each dealt with in differently from the artistic point of view.

Bibliophilia

Looking at Gomulicki's work retrospectively, one notices the evolution of forms revolving around the categories of pleasure and ecstasy, already evident in the series of photographs shown in the 90s, ia, in the ZPAF-CSW Little Gallery; photographs which revealed a fascination with dolls and bodily parts, particularly parts of the female body, which the artist would render abstract by extreme close-up – an attempt to penetrate and decipher the carnal code of desire and fantasy.

Award of the Vordemberge-Gildewart Foundation

The Council of the Swiss foundation Vordemberge-Gildewart has invited Maria Anna Potocka to participate in the organisation of the next year's edition of the stipend competition. The international jury will vote the winner from the artists selected by the curator. The works of the artists who had been chosen for the competition will be presented in MOCAK.

History in Art

History in Art is an international exhibition aiming to research in which ways history builds identity in the dimensions of the society and the individual. One of the main aims of the presentation is to examine the image of history in circulation; exposing the mendacities and inaccuracies present in the documentation of historical events.

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. Porębski, Poland’s most prominent art historian, many years ago expressed his wish to donate his book collection to the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow. When the Museum came into being, he returned to that idea and handed over to the institution the Krakow part of his collection.

ALIAS: Madeleine Sante

IS(not) – Sputnik Photos presents its latest project

On 21 May in MOCAK’s audiovisual hall a discussion panel took place, organised as part of the Photomonth in Krakow: 6 pm – IS(not) – Sputnik Photos presents its latest project – with Rafał Milach, Anna Nałęcka, Adam Pańczuk, Jan Brykczyński, Andrzej Kramarz and Marzena Michałek.

Tamed Frames. Polish photograph collections.

On 21 May in MOCAK’s audiovisual hall a discussion panel took place, organised as part of the Photomonth in Krakow: 4 pm – Tamed Frames. Polish photograph collections – a discussion panel with Konrad Pustoła, Rafał Lewandowski, Piotr Lelek, Maria Rubersz, Łukasz Gorczyca and Marcel Andin Velez.

Jarosław Kozłowski: Quotation Marks

Discussion about the book, in which ten authors – art historians and critics, researchers of contemporary art and curators working with the artist – describe the artistic practice of Jarosław Kozłowski.

Mieczysław Porębski’s Library event

The event was devoted to the collection of books and paintings from the Krakow part of Mieczysław Porębski’s Library, which the Professor donated to MOCAK.

Adam Zagajewski: Slight Exagerration

Presentation of a new collection of Adam Zagajewski’s essays, in which the erudite poet, a citizen of the world, reveals before us a totally private world of memories and recaptures the Lvov past of his family. He movingly portrays his father and his own childhood and youth.

Yael Bartana... and Europe Will Be Stunned

Showing of films which combine into an installation by the Israeli artist Yael Bartana, who is representing Poland at the 54th Art Biennale in Venice. The project …and Europe Will Be Stunned consists of the films: Nightmares (2007), Wall and Tower (2009) and Coup d’Etat (2011).

Time in Temporary Gardens

Lectures by Krzysztof Herman and Anna Komorowska as well as presentations by young artists: Łucja Piekarska-Duraj, Aleksander Duraj, Maciej Jagielak, Agnieszka Malinowska, Maciek Michno, Marta Tomasiak and Gosia Radkiewicz.

WW. J. T. Mitchell in Krakow

A lecture by the Professor W.J.T. Mitchell of the University of Chicago : The Historical Uncanny: Phantoms, Doubles, and Repetition in the War on Terror. The lecture took place on Wednesday 13 July at 2 pm in the Hall of the Department of Polish of the UJ at 64 ul. Grodzka.

Between Sculpture and Fashion

An individual exhibition by Halina Mrożek, a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. The exhibited works present the artist’s interest in the juxtaposition of art and fashion.

Saturday

An individual exhibition of Anna Okrasko who has been awarded a grant by the Swiss Vordemberge-Gildewart Foundation. The works pose the question whether those living in a town are able to shape it. This includes Polish immigrants in Holland.

A Virtual Walk around the Museum of Russian Art in St Petersburg

A Virtual Walk around the Museum of Russian art in St Petersburg. The multimedia presentation took place in MOCAK Club on Friday 16 September at 6 pm.

A discussion about the book: Wilhelm Brasse. Photographer. 3444. Auschwitz 1940–1945

A discussion about the book: Wilhelm Brasse. Photographer. 3444. Auschwitz 1940–1945 combined with a screening of fragments of the film.

Polish Tanztheater?

The increasingly popular in Poland phenomenon of ‘dance theatre’ is quite different from the German Tanztheater. A new generation of dancers and choreographers has appeared in Poland, for whom the German approach to dancing is not a fundamental point of reference.

Transformation Sites

The film was shot on location in Berlin, Gdańsk and Kjiv – cities that are symbols of systemic transformation – both political and economic.

Nefarious Memes – a lecture by Magdalena Kamińska

What is the shape of today’s Cyberculture? What phenomena combine to create its media space? Cyber-gossips, auction web sites, netspeak, chatspeak, Cyber-churches and fan forums – these have all become part of the landscape.

Open Throne – presentation of the catalogue of an exhibition that never was

The exhibition Open Throne. Contemporary Art and the Phenomenon of John Paul II was intended to provide a collection of stories and objects related to the spiritual amnesia, void and disappearance of any traces of the cult of John Paul II.

Jugoslavia 1961–1973. The History of New Tendencies and Bit Magazine

The artists of New Tendencies operated against the background of concrete art, constructivism, op-art and kinetic art. Moreover, they were some of the first to use the computer not so much as a useful tool, but as a completely new medium of creative art.

Book launch: Not Geese: Polish Graphic Design 1919-1949

Not Geese is the first such broad attempt to reconstruct the process of the shaping of Polish graphic design. The book serves as a map of the areas of visual communication – it aims to enable the reader to visualise the idiom of images at any particular time and its successive transformation.

Some Thoughts on Contemporary Photography – a lecture by Michael Fried

Michael Fried is one of the most prominent critics and historians of contemporary art and his writings include the well-known essay Art and Objecthood. Currently lectures at the John Hopkins University in Baltimore.

EU Textiles

The artist Małgorzata Markiewicz has designed the national costume for the citizens of the European Union. The costumes of particular member states only differ in the type of material that they are made of, and the trimmings. The exhibition in MOCAK is accompanied by a catalogue presenting the idea of the project, individual costumes and samples of the textiles used.

Viennese Actionism: The Opposite Pole of Society

The exhibition Viennese Actionism: The Opposite Pole of Society presents works from the collection of the Essl Museum in Austria. The selection of the works presented highlights socially involved artistic stances. It shows art as a tool of social negotiation against the backdrop of the social and political transformations which have been taking place from the 1960s.

All the World's Women Are in Me!

All the World's Women Are in Me! is a male edition of a feminist exhibition. It shows woman's presence in the world, her versatility and her ability to adapt to all circumstances. The exhibition highlights commonly prevailing stereotypes in the treatment of women and their helplessness in standing up to them.

A film showing: Świecie 2009 – directed by Artur Żmijewski

Świecie 2009 is the documentation of a sculptors’ plein air organised by Żmijewski, inspired by the Biennale of Spatial Forms in Elbląg in 1965. On this occasion, the participants were seven artists as well as workers from the steel fabrication factory in Świecie.

Does Krakow need a Women’s Museum?

What role could a Women’s Museum play? An archive, a research centre, a place where feminism – that still has the status of a niche activity – meets the public at large. Or, perhaps, a new institution which collects relics of prominent female citizens and artists as well as documenting the transformations of the social mores and life in the community.

Traditional Photography in the Era of Digital Media – a lecture by André Rouillé

A lecture by a professor of art, philosophy and aesthetics at the Paris 8 University dealt with the function and status of traditional photography in the era of digital media and image inflation, as well as the related increasing interest in photography as art and its commercial success.

Mariusz ‘Wilk’ Wilczyński – a retrospective, fragments

Presentation of selected animated films by Mariusz ‘Wilk’ Wilczyński, to date the only Polish artist to have had a retrospective at New York’s Museum of Modern Art.

Arbeitsplatz/A Blue Line. Bałka/Krasiński – studios

The session explored the photographs of Mirosław Bałka’s studio taken by Professor Jarnuszkiewicz as well as the series A Blue Line (documentation of the flat of Edward Krasiński) by Jan Smaga and Aneta Grzeszykowska.

the Journey to the East

Artists from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine and Poland will be invited to take part in the exhibition "Journey East". We shall neither attempt to group works according to their nationality, nor pretend that the issue of national identity and national belonging is invisible...

Awkward Objects – a session dedicated to Alina Szapocznikow

The meeting revolved around Alina Szapocznikow’s book: Awkward Objects (ed. Agata Jakubowska). The publication accompanied Alina Szapocznikow’s exhibition Sculpture Undone, 1955–1972 presented in the WIEKS Centre of Contemporary Art in Brussels in September 2011.

Voices in the Night

In his In the Night, Brzozowski uncompromisingly revises not only the romantic tradition, but also concepts of art and the author. He turns out to be a precursor of a particular approach to the shaping of the consciousness and subjectivity within the area of art and creativity.

Citizens’ Forum of Contemporary Art

The Citizens’ Forum of Contemporary Art is an open association of various communities, organisations and private individuals from all over Poland, that have one thing in common – their desire to accelerate the changes needed in the cultural arena, especially in relation to contemporary art.

Do female artists need a Women’s Museum?

What role could a Women’s Museum play? An archive, a research centre, a place where feminism – that still has the status of a niche activity – meets the public at large.

Launching the second issue of the MOCAK Forum magazine – Society, Stupid!

With: Agnieszka Piksa, Stanisław Ruksza (the editor), Igor Stokfiszewski, Piotr Wysocki, Rafał Żwirek and the editing team of MOCAK Forum.

Relational aesthetics

On Thursday 19 January at 6 pm, join the discussion about Nicolas Bourriaud’s Relational Aesthetics, published by MOCAK. Session organised by MOCAK together with the Księgarnia Pod Globusem bookshop at 1 ul. Długa.

The Artist = A Work of Art

EVA & ADELE are a couple of German artists who live and create ABOVE GENDER BOUNDARIES . Their guiding principle is: WHEREVER WE ARE IS MUSEUM! They want to impose on the world their vision of FUTURING. EVA & ADELE function in public space as an art work. The artists treat their own bodies as living sculpture, streets – as galleries and grand artistic events as a museum.

Transit

Transit, the exhibition of the work of Marek Chlanda, a Polish sculptor and graphic artist, presents over a hundred of his works – paintings and sculptures which combine into four well-meshed sequences. Dark visions create a cycle without a consistent narrative, creating a feeling of disquiet and loss in the viewer.

Comics: Urban Myths

The works shown at the exhibition are somehow related to the phenomenon of urban myths – the artists create brand new myths or transform existing ones. Urban myths describe disturbing and incredible events, which stem from common fears, and some of them are cautionary tales. All the works employ the technique of the comic strip, with its characteristic strong narrative quality.

Me as Roberta

An individual exhibition of an American artist - Lynn Hershman Leeson, showing photographs from the series Roberta Breitmore, taken over the period of 1974–1978. The artist not only changed her appearance, but she went as far as to flesh out the character of Roberta Breitmore - treated by those around her as a real person.

Contemporary Silesian architecture

On Wednesday 29 February at 6 pm, MOCAK and Autoportret (ed. by MIK) invite you to a session Contemporary Silesian architecture − Post-1989 Identity. The identity of Silesia, its modernism and neo-modernism – these will be the topics which Dorota Leśniak-Rychlak will be discussing with Przemo Łukasik (medusa group) and Anna Syska (Silesian Centre of Cultural Heritage).

The MOCAK Collection III

The Collection III – while retaining a dozen or more works from the previous edition – broadens its scope with numerous photographic works. We aim to demonstrate the breadth of artistic statement available to the medium.

Sport in Art

Sport in Art after History in Art, the second exhibition in the series which shows how artists see the issues that matter in people's everyday lives. Sport in Art, an international exhibition which presents over forty artists, takes on board the interpretion of the central theme as widely as possible – in terms of both content and the range of media used. We will show classical painters, film makers and objects as well as artists who put their lives at risk in confrontation with extreme sports.

While Men Are at War

An exhibition of the controversial Ukrainian photographer Sergey Bratkov, presented as part of the 10th anniversary edition of Photomonth in Krakow 2012. Two series of photographs will be on display:Kids and Army Girls.

Meet Simone Demandt and Rafał Jakubowicz

On Saturday 19 May at 2 pm visit the Goethe-Institut to meet Simone Demandt and Rafał Jakubowicz, artists taking part in the exhibition Sport in Art. Led by: Delfina Piekarska, one of the exhibition’s curators.

The Birthday of Political Critique at MOCAK

On Saturday 26 May 2012 at 4, ul. Lipowa at 5 pm – to mark the 10th anniversary of the magazine – there will be a debate run by Political Critique and MOCAK, with the participation of the philosophers Michael Walzer and Marshall Berman. The debate will be chaired by the founder and editor of Political Critique – Sławomir Sierakowski.

Paweł Leszkowicz: The Male Nude in the Culture of the People’s Republic of Poland

The encounter with Paweł Leszkowicz has been organised by MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art and the Foundation Culture for Tolerance. It will take place at MOCAK-u on Tuesday 29 May 2012 at 6 pm as part of the project The Rose-coloured Spectacles of the People’s Republic of Poland. Queer Cafe, focused on LGBT issues in the PRL.

Launch of the 3rd issue of the magazine MOCAK Forum

On Tuesday 5 June at 7.30 pm there will be a chance to meet the editors and the writers. The guests: Samuel Nowak, Michał Gulik, Joanna Pawluśkiewicz, Marta Sala and the MOCAK Forum editors.

Talking about the comic culture in Poland

On Saturday 23 June at 5 pm meet Sebastian Frąckiewicz, the author of the book , autorem książki Emerging from the Ghetto. Talking about the Comic Culture in Poland.

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Concept: Magdalena Mazik and Katarzyna Wincenciak
This small exhibition in the MOCAK Library provides a chance to see selected pieces of book art and catalogues from the Museum’s collection and archive.

Apolonia's Erotic Garden

An individual exhibition of Pola Dwurnik will present works from the series Apolonia’s Garden. The series alludes to the libretto of Alcina, an opera by George Frideric Handel: a witch who lives on an island turns her ex-lovers into plants and animals. The artist depicts her own past parters as animals and she analyses her relationships with them, drawing on the metaphor.

No Budget Show 4

An exhibition based on a concept of the artist Robert Kuśmirowski. At MOCAK, we shall present works of young artists, produced – as the title of the exhibition makes clear – without any financial input whatsoever. On the one hand, this is a throwback to the romantic concept of penniless artistic creation, on the other – an indirect commentary on the issue of the financing of art and culture.

reCYCLING Vol. 2 - YES to sports, YES to art

The hugely successful reCYCLING event is coming back in a new form. We would like to invite all bicycle fans to join us at MOCAK on 1 September at 12 o’clock. The participants will not only get a chance to revamp their vehicles, but will also have an opportunity to broaden their knowledge of bicycles, visit the Sport in Art exhibition and test their stamina in the Schwinn Cycling marathon. Massmix, a street-art collective, will attend the event as special guests.

Launch of the magazine City

On Thursday 4 October at 6 pm we would like to invite you to the launch of the first issue of the magazine City. The publication covers various aspects of the development of Polish cities and metropolises.

Postciało (Post Body) a discussion about the new issue of Self-Portrait

On Friday 12 October at 6 pm MOCAK and the quarterly Self-Portrait would like to invite you to a session themed on the changes which occur in the human body under the influence of new technologies.

Film showing: Anna Baumgart The Conquerors of the Sun

During the opening on 18 October at 6.30 there will be a film showing: Anna Baumgart The Conquerors of the Sun. All welcome!

Holiday-makers

A glass snow globe from Egypt, a hatchet from Zakopane, postcards from Sopot, a ship in a bottle, shell beads, a towel with a labrador, pressed herbs... The works of the group Banda from the Department of Graphic Art in Krakow are a playful take on summer souvenirs and holiday memories. What the collages, items, installations and art books on display have in common is that they were created during the 2012 heat wave.

Collage with an Ermine

Jiří Kolář’s exhbition is the first such large monographic presentation in Poland of one of the most prominent Czech artists. Kolář created mostly surreal collages, often produced using innovative techniques. To accompany the exhibition, MOCAK will publish Eyewitness, the first Polish translation of the artist’s post-war diaries.

The Lunatics Are On The Loose…Fluxus European Festivals 1962-1977

An exhibition to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the international artist network Fluxus. The exhibition aims to provide a synopsis of the Fluxus activities during the European festivals organised during the 60s and 70s.

Guernica

The bombing of Guernica during the 1937 Spanish civil war became part of world history thanks to Pablo Picasso’s painting Guernica. The American artist Anita Glesta refers to the event in her multimedia installation.

Post-industrial Spaces

Wojciech Wilczyk’s exhibition Post-industrial Spaces will present over a dozen photographs from the series Post-industrial. The works were produced during 2003–2006.

Viewing of the exhibitions with the artists

On Saturday at 12 pm, we offer you the opportunity to see Anita Glesta’s Guernica and Wojciech Wilczyk’s Post-industrial Spaces in the company of the artists themselves. They will talk about their works and inspirations.

MOCAK at the 16th Krakow Book Fair

From 25 to 28 October visit our MOCAK stand at the 16th Krakow Book Fair. Our presentation will include our latest publications: What Is Art for? Talking to Writers by Tadeusz Nyczek and Eyewitness: 1949 Diary by Jiří Kolář. We particularly recommend that you take part in the encounters organised by the Museum with, amongst others, Janusz Głowacki, Tadeusz Nyczek, Krzysztof Varga, Marek Chlanda and Leszek Engelking.

Polish Street Art 2. Between the Gallery and Anarchy

On 15 November you are welcome to meet Elżbieta Dymna and Marcin Rutkiewicz – the authors of the book Polish Street Art 2. Between the Gallery and Anarchy, who will talk about what had inspired them to produce the publication and what reception it has had.

A guided tour of Jiří Kolář’s Collage with an Ermine

On 17 November we invite you to a guided tour of the exhibition of one of the most outstanding Czech artists.

8. Open Day at Krakow Museums

We invite you to our Open Day at Krakow Museums on 18 November. Entry to the Museum will be free on the day, and there will be many attractions and surprises awaiting visitors!

English-language guided tours

On 21 November at 5 pm we invite you to take part in our English language-guided tour of all the temporary exhibitions: Jiří Kolár Collage with an Ermine, Fluxus The Lunatics Are on the Loose... Fluxus European Festivals 1962–1977, Anita Glesta Guernica, Wojciech Wilczyk Post-industrial Spaces.

Guided tour in German

On Saturday 1 December at noon come and join our German-language guided tour of all our temporary exhibitions: Jiří Kolář Collage with an Ermine, Fluxus, Lunatics Are on the Loose… European Festivals 1962–1977, Anita Glesta Guernica, Wojciech Wilczyk Post-industrial Spaces.

Curators' Network - a convention of international curators

You are invited to the fourth – and the first to take place in Poland – session in the series Curators’ Network, which will take place at MOCAK from 5 to 8 December.

Guided tour of the Fluxus exhibition: Lunatics Are on the Loose... European Festivals 1962-1977.

On Saturday 8 December at noon come and join our guided tour of the Fluxus exhibition: Lunatics Are on the Loose… European Festivals 1962–1977.

Imagination Factory - guided tour for children

On Sunday 9 December at noon, you are welcome to our guided tour and workshops for children aged 4–12, to accompany Wojciech Wilczyk’s exhibition Post-industrial Spaces.

The modern countryside - a discussion

On Thursday 10 January at 6 pm you are welcome to a meeting organised by MOCAK and Autoportret devoted to the spatial and identity issues of the contemporary rural population.

Winter Holidays in MOCAK: Wandering Art

During the winter holidays, MOCAK invites children aged 4–12 to visit the Collection and participate in special artistic workshops.

Guided tour of Jiří Kolář's exhibition

On Saturday, 19 January at 12 noon, we invite you to join us on a guided tour of the Collage with an Ermine exhibition. Participation fee included in the ticket. Don’t hesitate to join us!

Winter Holidays in MOCAK: Warm Snow

During the winter holidays, MOCAK invites children aged 4–12 to visit the Collection and participate in special artistic workshops.

The Landscape of our Emotions

Workshop for children aged 8–12, which accompanies Anita Glesta’s exhibition Guernica. The American artist’s works presented at the exhibition refer to the Pablo Picasso’s famous Guernica.

Sustainable design in industry and everyday life

On 15 February at 6 pm you are invited to a discussion accompanying the exhibition Everything Forever Now: Polish and British Sustainable Design. The participants and invited guests will together reflect on the viability of introducing sustainable design into mass production and will consider the ways that it would function in Poland and in Britain.

Obsessive Scenes

In Beta Gallery a collection of short art films by the design-generation group will be shown. The films evoke places in the cultural imagination that has been grafted onto us. They are daring, eccentric and humorous; often, cruel, terrifying and obscene, too.

Utopian Design

In Alfa Gallery, utilitarian and decorative objects will be exhibited, including an eclectic bench, a rosary praying game, an Art Deco newspaper rack and a framed trophy. This exhibition will be a reference to the Polish and British design exhibition at Level 0.

Everything Forever Now. Polish and British Sustainable Design

The exhibition presents sustainable design projects, which aim to enable development without destruction. The characteristic features of these projects are their use of renewables and the elimination of any negative impact on the natural environment.

Beyond Corrupted Eye Akumulatory 2 Gallery, 1972–1990

The materials compiled for the present exhibition and the publication that accompanies it provide an insight into art practices which developed outside the official art circles, within the complex zone of artistic strategies implemented despite artists’ being forced to function within the restrictive status quo of soc-realism.

Playing with Books. Where Shall We Go? Ask the Map!

Children aged 4 – 8 are welcome, with their parents, to attend the workshop Playing with Books. This will be the third session in the literature-meets-art series, this time involving a close encounter with maps: Where Shall We Go? Ask the Map!

A Gallery: What Is It?

A guided tour combined with a workshop for children aged 4 – 12, to accompany the exhibition Beyond Corrupted Eye. Akumulatory 2 Gallery, 1972–1990. For the duration of the workshop, participants will have the opportunity to step into the shoes of professional curators of modern art.

Guided tour for Senior Citizens

Senior citizens are cordially invited to a free guided tour of our new exhibitions, combined with a workshop.

Let’s Talk Education

On 27 February another educational session in the series Let’s Talk Education will take place at MOCAK. This time – with the participation of students of the Pedagogical Training at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. The participants will brainstorm the role of educational activities in a contemporary cultural institution.

A curator-guided tour of the exhibition Everything Forever – Now: Polish and British Sustainable Design

Magda Kochanowska will be talking about the works of Polish and British designers who, thanks to ‘intelligent design’, in an organic way develop a sustainable environment and prevent undue pollution.

The Art Accumulators

The workshop will provide senior citizens with an opportunity to explore the exhibition Beyond Corrupted Eye: Akumulatory 2 Gallery, 1972-1990.

The encounter: The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses

Is contemporary architecture being designed only with our eyes in mind? Have we neglected our other senses? On the occasion of the publication by the Institute of Juhani Pallasmaa’s book The Eyes of the Skin, these are the questions addressed by Maciej Miłobędzki and Michał Choptiany. The encounter led by: Dorota Leśniak-Rychlak.

A Creative Collection

Children aged 4-12 are welcome to a guided tour and a workshop. The participants will view works in the MOCAK Collection and learn about the ideas behind its creation. Following their own interests, they will put together their own unique collections.

Origin(ality)

On the 23 March, Polish and international students are welcome to take part in the project Origin(ality). The students will be given a tour of the exhibition Everything Forever - Now: Polish and British Sustainable Design and reflect on what influence culture and tradition have had on the projects on display.

The Future of Things

Children aged 4–12 are welcome to attend the workshop accompanying the exhibition Everything Forever – Now: Polish and British Sustainable Design. During the workshop the participants will view the exhibition and have an opportunity to step into the shoes of designers – creating imaginative objects.

Promotion of the book A Milliard Things around: Agata Szydłowska Talks to Polish Graphic Designers

Welcome to the promotion launch of the book A Milliard Things around published by Karakter. The publication contains 12 interviews with prominent Polish graphic designers.

Camera ON: Meet director Costa-Gavras

Meet Costa-Gavras – as part of the 6th International Festival of Independent Cinema Off Plus Camera.

On the 18th April the Museum will be closed

Due to the changing of the exhibition of the Museum Collection, the Museum will be closed on the 18th April 2013.

Camera ON: Meet Lech Majewski

Meet Lech Majewski – as part of the 6th International Festival of Independent Cinema Off Plus Camera.

The Festival of European Funds

From the 19 to 21 April, you are invited to attend workshops organised as part of the Festival of European Funds.

Designer Workshop

All art college students are welcome to take part in the workshop given by Studio Julia. Designers Valerio Di Lucente (Italy), Erwan Lhuissier (France) and Hugo Timm (Brazil) will be presenting their work and inviting the participants to join in the creation of inventive designs and projects.

The Living Library exhibition opening

Next week, 23 April at 6 p.m., the MOCAK Library will host the opening of The Living Library exhibition. We would like to invite you to a tour of the exhibition and presentation of Waldemar Węgrzyn’s project, Electrolibrary at 5.30 p.m.

A Post-Industrial City, an Industrial City?

We would like to invite you to a meeting organised to promote the latest issue of ‘Autoportret’. The new issue of the magazine is devoted to industrial spaces and their historic and contemporary relations with the city. What is the role of industry within the city space and how should we treat vintage industrial buildings?

The Living Library

The preparation of a museum exhibition is akin to a journey of discovery, that – apart from the very joy of travelling – also aims to verify the existing maps and to create a new topography of the phenomena of interest to us. The exhibition at the MOCAK Reading Room is the outcome of just such an exploration of its environment. Living Library sets out to capture the seminal moments in the life of books, highlighting their fascinating co-existence with the transformations in Polish reality.

Slow Art Day 2013

This is the Polish edition of the international museum action Slow Art Day and it is the second time that it has taken place at MOCAK. On the day, the visitors will take time to focus their attention on five pre-selected works from permanent and temporary exhibitions. An hour later, all the participants will gather in the MOCAK Café to share their impressions.

1933, 1943, 1953 – INTERACTIONS the International Art Festival

The exhibition fills three spaces and is devoted to three phenomena – two of these are Stuart Brisley and Alastair MacLennan.  The third is an encounter with four artists: Jaap Blonk from the Netherlands, Seiji Shimoda from Japan, Roi Vaara from Finland and Artur Tajber  from Poland

1943 Workshop with Alastair MacLennan – INTERACTION the International Art Festival

From 4 to 6 May there will be a workshop with Alastair MacLennan as part of INTERACTION the International Art Festival

1953 – Performance Programme International Art Festival

You are welcome to a two-part performance which will take place at MOCAK on 6 and 7 May as part of INTERACTIONS the International Art Festi

Quebec in Krakow – INTERACTIONS the International Art Festival

On 8 and 9 May as part of the 15th INTERACTIONS the International Art Festival there will take place a special programme dedicated to Jan Świdziński.

A Meeting to Discuss Filip Springer's Book, Catalyst. On Zofia and Oskar Hansen

All are invited to MOCAK for the promotion of a book of biographical reportage depicting the fates of a pair of Polish architectural visionaries: Zofia and Oskar Hansen. Filip Springer tells of their unusual personalities, their bold architecture, and the gray reality that irreversibly modified their most courageous designs.

Playing with Books: Miś Uszatek's New Friends

Children 3-8 years old and their parents are invited to another workshop in the Playing with Books series. During this meeting the children will learn about and make new illustrations for the book Miś Uszatek by Czesław Janczarski. The meeting is co-organized by Nasza Księgarnia Publishers.

Opening

Thursday 16 May, 6 pm, you are invited to the opening of our new exhibitions.

MOCAK at the Warsaw Book Fair

During 15 – 19 May, you are welcome to visit the stand of MOCAK the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow at the Warsaw Book Fair, which for the first time will take place at the National Stadium in Warsaw.

Read Books at Night

During this year’s Museums at Night, all visitors – children and adults – are welcome to join in the creation of a unique art book and to try ‘reading books at night’.

Museums at Night at MOCAK

On Friday 17 May, welcome to Museums at Night at MOCAK. We have prepared many special treats for our visitors! MOCAK will be open to the public from 6 pm.

New Collection

The theme of the new display of the MOCAK Collection will be artistic media. We will present their most important forms: photography, painting, sculpture, drawing and video.  In this exhibition, we also want to illustrate the artists’ ideas on how to individualise media.

Economics in Art

Economics in Art is the third in the series of exhibitions presented by MOCAK the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow to relate art to the most significant domains of civilisation such as history, sport, science, religion and art. 

Spokojna Tour Now

Aiming to present the most recent phenomena, MOCAK presents them from their very source, that is to say, the activities of new talents in the process of being formed. For this reason, MOCAK’s third (after Alfa and Beta) gallery – Re Gallery, will be designated for art school students from Poland and abroad. 

Studio Rolke

In the exhibition at MOCAK, we present the photographs retrieved, courtesy of the author, from his Warsaw archives by Witek Orski, an artist and curator collaborating with the Warsaw gallery Czułość. The meeting of the two photographers gave us an opportunity to explore the backstage of Rolke’s work with models.

Collages

Ghislain Dussart photographed Brigitte Bardot from the very beginning of her career. Their long acquaintance came to fruition in some of the most famous photographs of Bardot, the icon of femininity. Thanks to the exhibition at MOCAK, we now have the opportunity to discover another, less classical, image of the star, an image processed by the fantasies of her collaborator.

Ecomuseums – ideas, context, future

Aleksandra Janus and Dorota Kawęcka will outline the historical background of the transformations that museums underwent in the second half of the 20th century as well as pinpointing the sources of new museum models that appeared at the time.

Disabilities Week at MOCAK

The action is addressed to organisations and institutions for the disabled or acting on their behalf. During 24 – 31 May, we will be running free workshops and guided tours tailor-made for disabled persons who would like to get to know the Museum and take part in creative workshops.

A session devoted to the book Nowa moda polska by Marcin Różyc

Nowa moda polska published by Wydawnictwo 40 000 Malarzy is the first compendium of contemporary Polish fashion.

A guided tour of the exhibition Economics in Art

On Saturday 25 May at 3 pm, there will be a guided tour of the exhibition Economics in Art.

Homburger / Guy / Niggli Trio – jazz concert

The concert will take place as part of the Eighth Krakow Jazz Autumn

Meet the master: Tadeusz Rolke, as part of the Photomonth in Krakow.

Visitors to the Photomonth in Krakow are invited to meet the master photographer Tadeusz Rolke. The meeting will be preceded by the screening of A Diary of a Journey directed by Piotr Stasik, as part of the Krakow Film Festival.

Children’s Day at MOCAK: Workshop with a Chrysalis

Children aged 4 – 12 are invited to an art workshop to mark Children’s Day. The participants will familiarise themselves with selected works from the exhibition Economics in Art as well as reflect on what entrepreneurship is all about.

Małgorzata Sacha, lecture: Fear of Woman: At the Interface of the Individual and the Social

MOCAK the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow and the Krakow branch of the Polish Association of Psychoanalytical Psychotherapy would like to invite you to attend the lecture by Małgorzata Sacha, PhD, post-doc., Fear of Women: At the Interface of the Individual and the Social.

Archivisation of Excess - The encounter is part of the 20th anniversary of the quarterly Kultura Współczesna

Should every visual affirmation, no matter how small, be recorded? How does access to tools affect our leisure time and the way we relate to historic objects? These questions will be taken up by those leading the discussion meeting to accompany the 11th Photomonth in Krakow, which is part of the 20th anniversary of the quarterly Kultura Współczesna.

The Art of Killing

Posters that can be seen on the façade of the former salt warehouse in Podgórze are part of the project by Lukáš Houdek which is a testimony to his fascination with events familiar from history books.

Good Violence - debate as part of the ARTBOOM Festival

Good Violence. Art Festivals in Public Space is an open public debate, with the participation of art professionals, on art strategies and the way that contemporary art actually functions in public space.

Children’s Book Fair

During 7 – 9 June, you are welcome to visit the stand of MOCAK the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow at the Children’s Book Fair in Krakow.

Culture and Development - a lecture by Prof. Jerzy Hausner

Culture and Development - a series of lectures as part of an educational programme part-financed by the National Bank of Poland. The prominent economist Professor  Jerzy Hausner will give the opening lecture.

Posters – poems

The MOCAK Library would like to invite you to the exhibition Posters – Poems, a display of Ryszard Krynicki’s poetic posters. These so-called ‘museums of poems’ were arranged by the author himself to present his personal anthology.

Ryszard Krynicki’s Jubilee at MOCAK

On the day of two new exhibition openings, 26 June, MOCAK will also host events connected with Ryszard Krynicki’s jubilee RK’70.

Territory

In his works, Lutyński combines natural elements with abstract painted elements, simple in form and pure in colour. The artist breaks the conventional artificiality of a gallery event; he introduces live animals and plays instruments with invited musicians; creating a hospitable ambiance, he provides a buffet. 

Temptress

At Charlotte Beaudry’s solo exhibition there will be more than a dozen paintings as well as sculpture and video works. The objects are presented against a neutral background, taken out of their usual context. They provoke a flow of associations about female ‘tools' of seduction. 

Marketing Culture - a lecture by Krzysztof Broński

Krzysztof Broński, Professor of the UEK in Krakow, associate professor, will set out to prove that commercialisation of culture is a necessity in the context of its functioning in an external market environment.

"What is Art for?" – session with the author

Don’t hesitate to join us for a session with Grzegorz Jankowicz, the author of What is Art for? Conversations with Writers (part 2), which will take place on 4 July (Thursday) at 5.30 pm at the Państwomiasto café in Warsaw.

BazArt: Seedlings – Greens for Greens!

Join us at the first summer bazArt, 6 July!. Bring your plants, seeds, young trees and bushes and swap them with others! If you decide to give your plant to the Museum, we will thank you with a MOCAK flowerpot.

Krzysztof Wodiczko’s The War Veteran Projection in Krakow’s Rynek

On 23 July at 9.30 pm, you are invited to the Main Square Rynek in Krakow for the special screening of Krzysztof Wodiczko’s The War Veteran Projection from the MOCAK Collection.

Poetry from the Bus at MOCAK

We would like to welcome you to a series of concerts by the Piotr Lutyński band. Come and chill out! There will be live music and comfortable sun loungers to relax in, as well as barbecue facilities, where everyone can grill whatever tasty snacks they bring with them.

BazArt: A Second Lease of Life for the Book

On 28 July, visit bazArt, now in its second summer, and this time dedicated to book swapping. This is a special edition of A Second Lease of Life for the Book, organised jointly with the Krakow Festival Office and the portal Bookeriada.pl.

The Wealth of Art

We would like to invite children aged 8–12 to our free-entry art workshops connected with the Economics in Art exhibition, to be held during the bazArts at MOCAK.

MOCAK out to Tempt You. A session for tourist guides and organisers

Welcome to a session combined with a guided tour of the exhibition Economics in Art, Temptress, Territory, the other exhibitions and the museum buildings.

MOCAK at the OFF Festival

We are pleased to announce a new co-operative venture between the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow and the OFF Festival in Katowice. MOCAK has prepared a special exhibition for the festival.

Collect Your Memories

We would like to invite children aged 4–12 to a creative workshop devoted to the new edition of the MOCAK Collection. At the meeting, children will explore the idea of a collection and recall their own holiday memories.

BazArt: Clothes – A Clothes Swap!

On 10 August, come to the 3rd summer bazArt, where we are going to be swapping our outfits.

MOCAK at the 2nd Open Air Coastal Readers

Between 16 and 18 August 2013, visit our MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow Stand at the 2nd Open Air Coastal Readers event in Gdynia.

Shoal

Children aged 5 to 13 are invited to take part in workshops led by Piotr Lutyński.

Guided tour of the exhibition Economics in Art

Join the special guided tour of the exhibition Economics in Art with an art historian and an economist.

A Walk in Zabłocie

Zabłocie has now become one of the most interesting urban districts in Poland. Let’s meet to learn more about it.

A Concert and a Get-together BBQ

On 6 September, come to a concert by the Piotr Lutyński group with Julia Kamińska and Piotr Jasek.

Guided tour of the exhibition Economics in Art

Join the special guided tour of the exhibition Economics in Art with an art historian and an economist.

Design Backstage. Furniture as a Product

What is the message being sent out by the Polish furniture design? In what direction is this dynamic branch of our industry developing? Our visitors will attempt to answer these and many other questions.

Opening of the exhibition Let’s Meet!

You are invited to the opening which will take place on Saturday 14 September at 11.30 am in MOCAK main building. At the exhibition there will be presented the works, paintings and art objects created during the series of workshops as part of the project Let’s Meet!

Guided tour of the exhibition Economics in Art

Join the special guided tour of the exhibition Economics in Art with an art historian and an economist.

Heritage versus Development – a lecture by Prof. Jacek Purchla

You are invited to the lecture by Prof. Jacek Purchla Heritage versus Development, devoted to the issue of the relationship between cultural heritage and economy.

Design Backstage: Public Space

On the 19 September you are welcome to our next encounter in the series Design Backstage.

BazArt: Preserves – Swap Jam for Gherkins!

On 21 September you are invited to the fourth, and the last summer bazArt, where we’ll be swapping food preserves.

Guided tour of the exhibition Economics in Art

Join the special guided tour of the exhibition Economics in Art with an art historian and an economist.

A Concert and a Get-together BBQ at MOCAK

On 21 September, come to a concert by the Piotr Lutyński group with Wojciech Bonowicz.

Guided tour of the exhibition Economics in Art

Join the special guided tour of the exhibition Economics in Art with an art historian and an economist.

Is It Possible to Create a Polish Bilbao? – a lecture by Joanna Sanetra-Szeliga

One of the fundamental challenges facing today’s cities is how to stimulate their development. How to define and explore fully the development potential of a city?

Design Backstage. Designer as a manufacturer

The invited guests will be – by way of exception – exclusively designers who at the same time successfully sell their own products: Bartosz Mucha nad Paweł Jasiewicz.

Guided tour of the exhibition Economics in Art

Join the special guided tour of the exhibition Economics in Art with an art historian and an economist.

Guided tour of the exhibition Economics in Art

Join the special guided tour of the exhibition Economics in Art with an art historian and an economist.

A Return Visit. Dali at the Pendereckis | Krakow

In the mid-1970s, Marian Eile made a series of photographic works. These mostly involved narratives consisting of pre-arranged scenes. Apart from a ‘serial’ about the Pendereckis, two other large series were The Ambush at the Ball and Historic Tableaux. 

A Return Visit. Dali at the Pendereckis | Warsaw

The sessions with the participation of Elżbieta and Krzysztof Penderecki were shot in their home in Krakow. Włodzimierz Mancewicz played Salvador Dali, with Anna Arvay as his wife; she also took the shots. A few dozen series were made.

Design backstage. Ceramics

The guests of the meeting will be Marek Cecuła, an artist and lecturer and Inga Kamińska, the president of Polskie Fabryki Porcelany Ćmielów i Chodzież SA.

Julian Antoniszczak's Opowieści graficzne

On 5 October at 1 p.m. you are invited to a meeting dedicated to Julian Antonisz's book Opowieści graficzne (Graphic Stories).

Design Backstage: Rail Transport

Our guests will be the designer Bartosz Piotrowski and Jacek Konop the Manager of the R&D Section,PESA Bydgoszcz SA.

A meeting dedicated to the book szu szu

This publication serves as an archive of activities carried out by szu szu. It comprises selected photo archive along with texts and interviews with participants of art actions and exhibitions.

Workshop The Return of the Book (2)

The Arteteka at the Regional Public Library in Krakow as well as the Library and the Education Department at MOCAK cordially invite you to take part in a social and educational project aiming to discover new roles for the book.

The Return of the Book (2)

The Arteteka at the Regional Public Library in Krakow as well as the Library and the Education Department at MOCAK cordially invite you to take part in a social and educational project aiming to discover new roles for the book.

30^th Council of Europe Exhibition
The Desire for Freedom. Art in Europe Since 1945

The post-1945 works that will be presented at MOCAK show the social and political climate of contemporary Europe. Human rights, equality, democracy – such are the issues dealt with by the exhibition The Desire for Freedom, co-financed by the European Commission.

Good Boy

In October, MOCAK will present the first comprehensive exhibition in Poland of the world-renowned artist Erwin Wurm.

14 Films

The exhibition in MOCAK’s Audiovisual Hall is a presentation of all the films made by Josef Dabernig so far. The artist had for many years worked in the fields of sculpture, design and architecture but it was his films and photography that came to dominate his artistic expression.

Her Hair

At Krystyna Piotrowska’s individual exhibition we will be presenting video, object and installation. In spite of the variety of the media used, the artist’s sole topic is hair. In her works, she demonstrates the cultural significance of hair.

If You Shoot One of Them

The exhibition If You Shoot One of Them is the corollary of a year-long project by Marta Deskur. Its high point was a feature documentary film, whose protagonist is Manju Padavai, a Tamil librarian whom the Polish artist met during her trip to India.

Hryniuk / Koszewnik / Łazarczyk / Olszewski /
Polska / Rudzin University of Arts, Poznań

In May 2013, a new exhibition space was opened at MOCAK, purpose-made for art students. Following the first exhibition there, which was a presentation of the Studio of Spatial Activities at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, we would like to show the works of young artists from the University of Fine Arts in Poznań.

Bialy mazur. Kino kobiet w polskiej kinematografii

Meet the prominent analyst of film and contemporary culture Monika Talarczyk-Gubała.

MOCAK at the 17^th Book Fair in Krakow

From 24 to 27 October, please visit the MOCAK stand P8 at the 17th Book Fair in Krakow, where Krzysztof Wodiczko’s Abolition of War will be launched.

The Ukrainian Avant-garde of the 1920s and 30s. In Search of a New Artistic Idiom

A lecture by Wiktor Iszczenko.

What do Pictures Want? – lecture by W.J.T. Mitchell

On 25 October Professor W.J.T. Mitchell will give a lecture at MOCAK. Introduction by Łukasz Zaremba, translator of Professor Mitchell’s book What do Pictures Want? The event is part of Conrad Festival.

Launch of Krzysztof Wodiczko’s book The Abolition of Wars

You are invited to attend a discussion dedicated to Wodiczko’s book The Abolition of Wars and artistic project with the participation of Maria Anna Potocka, Adam Michnik and Krzysztof Miller.

ECOWEEK in Krakow

You are invited to take part in ECOWEEK – an international conference and workshop organised by MOCAK.

Workshop The Desire for Freedom

We would like to invite children and young people aged 8 – 12 to the artistic workshop themed on freedom. The participants will become acquainted with selected works from the exhibition The Need for Freedom as well as reflect on what freedom is and how it can be depicted.

The Freedom of Creation

We would like to invite you to the launch of the 7th issue of the magazine MOCAK Forum, inspired by the exhibition newly opened at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow – the exhibition of the European Council, entitled The Need for Freedom. European Art since 1945.

Art book. New Functions of the Book

A presentation of books produced during the educational workshops organised at MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow during 2012–2013. The works were made by the workshops participant working closely with the MOCAL Library.

Olga Kisseleva Double Life – a workshop for artists

In workshops, Krakow artists will have an opportunity to reveal their own ‘double life’ and to contribute to the continuation of the project.

The final part of The Return of the Book (2)

On 8 November, at 6 pm, we would like to invite you to the final part of the Project The Return of the Book (2). During the event, artistic books will find new owners and new homes.

Artist, Go!: Young Artists’ Auctions

What target audience are they aimed at? Are they a good way of promoting one’s art and making money? The participants will find out what to pay attention to, what to remember and what to avoid.

Inauguration of Audio Art Festival

We would like to invite you to MOCAK for the inauguration of this year’s edition of Audio Art Festival. 

The Desire for Freedom – Curator’s guided tour

We would like to invite you to a curator’s guided tour. The works presented at the exhibition The Need for Freedom provide a social and political landscape of contemporary Europe and the problems that it is wrestling with.

Krakow Museums Open Doors Day at MOCAK

During Krakow Museums Open Doors Day, three events will take place at MOCAK: Family Collections – workshops for families, The Need for Freedom– a curator-guided tour and the tour Decipher the Library!

Family Collections – workshops for families

We would like to invite you all to our workshops for families on Krakow Museum Open Days. The participants will be shown the latest works in the MOCAK Collection, they will have an opportunity to step into the shoes of art collectors and finally, to create their own one-off collections.

Artist, Go!: How to Secure a Residency?

How to spot your perfect residency and how to go about securing it. Practical advice on the location of residencies, institutional partners, the terms and conditions of the residency and the principles of application.

Genius and Mediocrity in Miloš Forman’s film Amadeus – Lecture by professor Harai Golomb

MOCAK and the Polish Psychoanalytical Association would like to invite you to the lecture The Love of Self, the Love of Another, the Love of God: Genius and Mediocrity in Miloš Forman’s film Amadeus.

Time for Art (3)

We would like to invite all senior citizens to the workshop dedicated to our temporary exhibitions The Need for Freedom and Good Boy.

Senior Citizens’ Week at MOCAK

In the last week of November, MOCAK will organise free workshops and exhibition tours for senior citizens.

Artist, Go!: How do You Make a Perfect Porftfolio?

Marta Czyż and Dawid Radziszewski will share their experience and provide practical advice on how to arrive at the best-possible portfolio.

Avant-garde versus Avant-garde. Anti-avant-garde trends in Czech culture of the 1930s and 40s.

On Thursday 5 December at 6 pm, in the MOCAK Library there will take place a lecture by Hanna Marciniak.

Premiere presentation of the Polish edition of Olga Kisseleva’s project Double Life

Olga Kisseleva’s Double Life, a project started in 2007, is based for the most part on co-operation. In each participating city, local artists are asked to contribute their own films.

Santa Claus Tram at MOCAK

Together with MPK in Krakow , MOCAK’s partner, we would like to invite you to join us at a special Santa Claus event.

Artist, Go!: Writing Applications and Financing Art Projects

The workshop activity will provide an opportunity for hands-on writing of an Application Letter and advice how to avoid typical errors as well as answers to many frequently asked questions including the sources of possible grants.

Creative Collection

We would like to invite children aged 4–12 to a workshop inspired by the MOCAK Collection.

Shaken pictures

On 11 December we would like to invite you to a workshop adapted to the needs of people with sight and hearing disabilities.

Debate: Right To Space

We would like to invite you to MOCAK for a debate on the right to the city in practice, on social participation, democracy, politics, conflicts and space.

The House and Garden of My Dreams

We will be hosting the post-competition opening of the exhibition The House and Garden of My Dreams, together with the award ceremony.

Tadeusz Kantor’s ‘Wrong Bethlehem’. Discussion around the book by Marta Kufel

The discussion will be joined by Dariusz Kosiński, Grzegorz Niziołek and the author.

The 22nd Finale of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity at MOCAK

On Sunday 12 January, MOCAK will join in to help get donations on behalf of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity. For this reason, we have made entry to all the exhibitions free on the day.

Curator-guided tour of Erwin Wurm exhibition Good Boy and a screening of a film about the artist

You are invited to a curator-guided tour of the exhibition Good Boy. The participants will also be shown the film Erwin Wurm: The Artist Who Swallowed the World.

Animation

We would like to invite you to a creative workshop devoted to Animation, where the participants will tour Erwin Wurm's exhibition Good Boy. At the same time, the children, inspired by the artist, will perform a series of creative tasks.

The Nightmare of Participation

MOCAK and Bęc Zmiana Foundation invite you to a discussion around Markus Miessen’s book The Nightmare of Participation.

A session around Krzysztof Wodiczko’s book The Abolition of War and the exhibition The Desire for Freedom

The venue: the WRO Art Center in Wroclaw.

Constraint. Hans van der Laan's Architecture. A meeting with Maciej Miłobędzki

MOCAK and “Autoportret” magazine would like to invite you to a meeting with Maciej Miłobędzki, which coincides with the publication of the latest issue entitled Constraint.

Curator's tour of the Władysław Hasior. The European Rauschenberg? exhibition

On Sunday, February 16th at 12 we would like to invite you to a curator's tour of the Władysław Hasior. The European Rauschenberg? exhibition.

Collages

Wisława Szymborska’s exhibition Collages aims to broaden the artistic perception of the Polish Nobel winner. The poet’s art covers three areas: serious poetry, light-hearted poetry and cut-and-paste works, or collages. These areas combine to define the artistic personality of Szymborska.

WRO on Tour

WRO 2013 Pioneering Values on Tour is a cross-section of works and documentation of the WRO Biennale programme, selected by its artistic director Piotr Krajewski.

Władysław Hasior: The European Rauschenberg?

Władysław Hasior’s exhibition at MOCAK will be the first such comprehensive Krakow presentation of the artist’s work in four decades. Hasior is one of the most prominent Polish artists.

Uprooted

The exhibition is the first presentation in Poland of the works of the Norwegian photographer Rune Eraker and also the first exhibition of socially engaged photography at MOCAK.

The Whole World in Small Pictures

At the exhibition we will present over two thousand miniature pictures by Alina Dawidowicz. These are watercolours or felt tip representation, which she started making in the 1980s at the rate of some 20 a week.

Social Photography: Workshops

Re Gallery – exhibition space opened in May 2013, designated for presenting the works of art students. This time we will show the works of the art students of the Film School in Łódź, produced during the workshops with a Norwegian photographer Rune Eraker.

Katarzyna Kobro – Between Sculpture and Architecture

On Tuesday 25th February the MOCAK Library would like to invite you to Małgorzata Jędrzejczyk's lecture Katarzyna Kobro – Between Sculpture and Architecture.

Generation Solo. What is new dance about?

Centre for the Documentation of the Art of Tadeusz Kantor Cricoteka and MOCAK would like to invite you to the second of a series of meetings promoting the book Pokolenie Solo. Choreografowie w rozmowach z Anną Królicą (Generation Solo. Anna Królica's interviews with choreograhphers).

Curator's tour of Rune Eraker's Uprooted exhibition

On Sunday, 9th March at 12 noon Delfina Jałowik will be giving a guided tour of Rune Eraker's Uprooted exhibition.

Assemblage – workshops for children

Children are invited to participate in the workshops inspired by Władysław Hasior. The European Rauschenberg? exhibition.

Time for Art – workshops for senior citizens

Senior citizens are invited to the workshops devoted to our temporary exhibitions.

Photography of the 21st century: is it still engaged?

We would like to invite you to the meeting Photography of the 21st century – is it still engaged?, which accompanies Rune Eraker's Uprooted exhibition.

Curator's tour of the Władysław Hasior. The European Rauschenberg? exhibition

The exhibition presents around 100 works of Władysław Hasior. Documentaries, newsreels and many other materials are also on display.

Sketches on Culture – meeting with Wojciech Plewiński

The event accompanies Władysław Hasior. The European Rauschenberg? exhibition, whose separate part is a series of 19 photographs taken by Wojciech Plewiński in Władysław Hasior's Zakopane studio in 1962.

The Policy of Paintings – meeting with Rafał Bujnowski and Łukasz Gorczyca

We would like to invite you to a meeting promoting Rafał Bujnowski's first monograph Polityka obrazów. Wybrane prace z lat 1999—2013 (The policy of paintings. Selected works from 1999—2013). The meeting will be chaired by Maria Anna Potocka.

Documentaries about Hasior – meeting with Urszula Latuszewska-Dubowska

We would like to invite you to a meeting accompanying Władysław Hasior. The European Rauschenberg? exhibition.

Presentation of art projects Art and the City

We would like to invite you to the session dedicated to the relation between art and city. The event is organised as part of the international project Public Exchange: Reflections on Art and the City.

Workshops: Th­e Art of Perception

We would like to invite you to the workshops inspired by Rune Eraker's Uprooted exhibition. The event is organised as part of the international project Public Exchange: Reflections on Art and the City.

An event in Nuremberg accompanying Rune Eraker's Uprooted exhibition

The guests of the session will be Maria Anna Potocka, MOCAK's director, and Adam Golec.

Workshops: Images of the District

We would like to invite you to the workshops inspired by Rune Eraker's Uprooted exhibition. The event is organised as part of the international project Public Exchange: Reflections on Art and the City.

International Video Art Review THE 02

On 5th and 6th April we would like to invite you to premiere screenings as part of Video Art Review THE 02.

Curator's tour of Rune Eraker's Uprooted exhibition

The exhibition consists of 72 black-and-white photographs from the series The Smell of Longing and two screenings that contain some photographs from the series never shown before.

Points of View – workshops for teenagers

We are inviting associations which work free of charge for the sake of youth to participate in MOCAK's workshops inspired by Rune Eraker's Uprooted exhibition.

A session dedicated to the books P1 and P2. Polish Postmodernism. Architecture and Urbanism

The Eye of the Photographer – dilemmas of socially engaged photography

We would like to invite you to an event accompanying Rune Eraker's Uprooted exhibition. The guests of the meeting will be Adam Golec and Krzysztof Miller. The session will be chaired by Wojciech Wilczyk.

Inner Space

An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings from the Collection of the Józef Babiński Specialist Hospital in Krakow

Conference Art and Freedom

The conference, devoted to the relationships between creativity, reception of art and freedom, will take place on 12th April.

Curator's tour of the Władysław Hasior. The European Rauschenberg? exhibition

Around 100 Hasior's works from 1956-1986 are on show, some of which have never been reproduced before.

Student project presentation Public Exchange

We would like to invite you to the session summing up the Public Exchange project.

The MOCAK Collection

The most recent exhibition of the MOCAK Collection, while retaining several works of art from its previous opening, has been extended to include the works acquired in the last two years. Just like in previous year the exhibition is divided into sections according to the media in which the works were created. Our main focus are the most important ones: photography, painting, sculpture and video.

Hasior Gallery: Meet Anna Wende–Surmiak and Julita Dembowska

We would like to invite you to a session dedicated to Władysław Hasior. The European Rauschenberg? exhibition.

Petr Pavlensky Anonymous Nationalist

The conceptual artist and political activist Petr Pavlensky represents a new wave of protest and dissident art in Russia. The exhibition Anonymous Nationalist recounts an episode from real life where a murder was committed in a civilian setting, but with militaristic intentions.

Slow Art Day

We would like to invite everyone to participate in another edition of Slow Art Day at MOCAK.

A Nut Terrorises Cities, Colours Have Turned into Storks, or On Some Special Cases of the Romanian Avant-garde

The MOCAK Library would like to invite you to Jakub Kornhauser's lecture.

Free Admission European Funds Festival

We would like to invite you to participate in the events organised as part of Free Admission European Funds Festival, which commemorates the 10th anniversary of Poland's accession to the European Union.

Master lectures as part of Off Camera Pro Industry: Andrzej Wajda and Jerzy Stuhr

We would like to invite you to a meeting with Andrzej Wajda at 3 pm and with Professor Jerzy Stuhr at 5.30 pm.

Graboszyce. The Everyday Reality in Art

The Foundation Culture without Barriers and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow invite you to workshops designed especially to accommodate the needs of those visually and aurally impaired. With our special guest Rafał Bujnowski.

Vernissage

On Thursday 15 May 2014, at 6 pm you are invited to the opening of new exhibitions.

Crime in Art

Crime in Art is the 4th exhibition to date in MOCAK’s series which combines art with the most significant civilisational themes such as history, sport, science and religion. Crime reveals all the inner fanatical turmoil, bleak helplessness and wrong without atonement.

Night of Museums at MOCAK

On Friday, 16th May we would like to invite you to MOCAK to enjoy the Night of Museums and numerous attractions prepared specially for this occasion. On that day the Museum will be open exclusively from 7 pm till midnight.

Walker Evans: The Magazine Work

The exhibition as part of Krakow Photomonth Festival.

Taryn Simon The Picture Collection

The exhibition as part of Krakow Photomonth Festival.

Przemysław Branas Hiccups ShowOFF Section 2014

The exhibition as part of ShowOFF Section 2014 Krakow Photomonth Festival.

Master session with David Campany. Krakow Photomonth Festival

The event accompanies the exhibition Walker Evans: The Magazine Work presented at MOCAK as part of Krakow Photomonth Festival.

MOCAK at Warsaw Book Fair

22-25 May visit the stand of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow at the jubilee 5th edition of Warsaw Book Fair.

Rafał Milach and Gordon MacDonald. Master session as part of Krakow Photomonth Festival

We would like to invite you to a session with Rafał Milach, the author of The Winners photo book and Gordon MacDonald, the director of GOST Books.

Curator's tour of the Inner Space exhibition

An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings from the Collection of the Józef Babiński Specialist Hospital in Krakow.

Between Krakow and Lodz. On the activities of the 'a.r.' artistic group

The MOCAK Library would like to invite you to Michalina Kmiecik's lecture as part of a series of sessions titled Avant-garde of Central and Eastern Europe – Innovation or Imitation?

Week of the Disabled at MOCAK

From 29th May to 5th June the 15th Week of the Disabled under the motto 'I love Krakow and Krakow loves me' will take place.

Curator's tour of the Crime in Art exhibition

The exhibition, which features works of 40 Polish and foreign artists, reveals various thematic, symbolic and critical possibilities that crime contains.

Children's Day at MOCAK

We would like to invite children aged 5-10 to art workshops to celebrate Children's Day.

Using Photography in Promotion – training

Together with Kancerlaria Lasssota i Partnerzy as well as the Malopolska Institute of Culture would like to invite you to a free training Using Photography in Promotion. The event is a part of Krakow Photo Fringe 2014.

Curator's tour of the Inner Space exhibition

An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings from the Collection of the Józef Babiński Specialist Hospital in Krakow.

Crime as Inspiration: panel discussion

The event accompanies the exhibition Crime in Art. The participants will talk about crime which becomes an inspiration for artists.

Space Fillers. Installation Art in Public Space: panel discussion

We would like to invite you to a panel discussion as part of the 3rd edition of sociocultural animation titled City as 'A Living Work of Art', the Metaphor for Human Lot.

Jugglers of Ideas, Aristocrats of the Soul. Zenitism and Yugoslavian Interwar Avant-garde

The MOCAK Library would like to invite you to Kinga Siewior's lecture as part of a series of sessions titled Avant-garde of Central and Eastern Europe – Innovation or Imitation?

Limbic Body – DF Dance Theatre premiere

Limbic Body is a new production of DF Dance Theatre. The company invited a prominent Łódź chorographer Jacek Owczarek to work on the project. The music was composed by Ola Bilińska (Babadag band).

Launching the book Zaprojektowane [Design Stage]

The publication is the first such compilation of the achievements of Polish design post-2000. The designs have been divided into seven sections: furniture, transport, home and specialist appliances, lighting, glass and ceramics, textiles and toys, and experimental design.

Vernissage

Thursday 26 June 2014, 6 pm we would like to invite you to the opening of the following exhibitions:

Krzysztof Niemczyk. Situationist, Writer, Painter

The exhibition aims to remember this uncompromising and independent artist. We will be showing fragments of Niemczyk’s manuscripts, his paintings, portrait photographs and photographs documenting his artistic actions as well as souvenirs from the family archives: the artist’s letters to his sister, records and books from his collection.

Popes

The exhibition analyses the phenomenon of fascination with Pope John Paul II, his image and the material traces of his presence. The presented works represent just a small portion of the critical look at the increasing exaltation of society.

My Presence

The works on display have been produced at the UMCS Institute of Fine Arts in Lublin under supervision of Professor Jan Gryka. The majority of the artists are in their third year. The common theme of all the works is self-portrait.

The exhibition of Wisławy Szymborska’s collages in Toruń

At the "Signs of the Times Centre" of Contemporary Art in Toruń the exibition will open entitled Collages or Home-Made Cut-and-Paste Postcards by Wisława Szymborska. The Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow is the exhibition partner.

Collages or Home-Made Cut-and-Paste Postcards

On Friday 4 July at 7 pm at the "Signs of the Times Centre" of Contemporary Art in Toruń the exibition will open entitled Collages or Home-Made Cut-and-Paste Postcards by Wisława Szymborska. The Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow is the exhibition partner.

Art Is Freedom: Exhibition of works from the MOCAK Collection

The exhibition Art Is Freedom is the first-ever presentation in Ukraine of works from the MOCAK Collection. The selection includes a few dozen works by Polish and international artists.

MOCAK Summer Cinema

Welcome to the evening screenings in the MOCAK colonnade! On Friday 11 July at 9.30 pm, you are invited to the screening of A Touch of Sin directed by Jia Zhangke.

Inner Space – curator guided tour in English

The paintings and drawings shown at MOCAK come from the collection of the Dr Babiński Specialist Hospital.

The Summer at MOCAK

We invite children to attend our summer art workshops at MOCAK. The fun activities that we have devised will stimulate ingenious thinking and allow participants to while away the summer in creative play.

The Second Life of a Book at the MOCAK Library

We would like to invite you to these events on behalf of MOCAK as well as the Krakow Festival Office and the bookeriada.pl web portal.

Workshop Record Breakers

During The Second Life of a Book we would like to invite children and adults to a workshop entitled Record Breakers.

MOCAK Summer Cinema

Welcome to the evening screenings in the MOCAK colonnade! On Sunday 27 July at 9.30 pm, you are invited to the screening of A History of Violence, directed by David Cronenberg.

Opening

On Thursday 31 July at 6 pm you are invited to the opening of the exhibition I Am a Drop in the Ocean: Art of the Ukrainian Revolution.

I Am a Drop in the Ocean: Art of the Ukrainian Revolution

At all times, art accompanied the protests; it was a sphere of freedom, an expression of resistance to Russian influence in the corrupt state.

MOCAK Summer Cinema

Welcome to the evening screenings in the MOCAK colonnade! On Friday 8 August at 9.30 pm, you are invited to the screening of Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan.

Curator's tour of the Crime in Art exhibition

Crime in Art is the 4th exhibition to date in MOCAK’s series which combines art with the most significant civilisational themes.

MOCAK Summer Cinema

Welcome to the evening screenings in the MOCAK colonnade! On Friday 22 August at 9.30 pm, you are invited to the screening of Jackpot directed by Magnus Martens.

In the Study of a Humanist. A series of guided tours of the Mieczysław Porębski Library.

During the summer holidays, every Saturday at 1 pm and 4 pm you are welcome to join the guided tour of the Mieczysław Porębski Library.

Multimedia theater I, Krzysztof

The exhibition Krzysztof Niemczyk: Situationist, Writer, Painter is accompanied by the multimedia theater I, Krzysztof with Monika Niemczyk directed by Natalia Korczakowska.

Does Art Need a Pope?

A discussion around the exhibition Popes with the participation of Łukasz Baksik, Father Adam Boniecki and Agnieszka Tarasiuk will be devoted to the widespread use of the images of the Pope in visual culture.

Już trudno [Too Bad] – Meet Anda Rottenberg

We invite you to meet the author Anda Rottenberg talking about her book Rottenberg. Too Bad. Maria Anna Potocka will lead the discussion with Anda Rottenberg and Dorota Jarecka.

MOCAK at the Publishers’ Forum in Lviv

From 11 until 14 September you are welcome to visit MOCAK stall at the 21 Publishers’ Forum in Lviv.

Living Library at the Günter Grass Gallery in Gdańsk

On Friday 12 September at 6 pm at the Günter Grass Gallery in Gdańsk there was opening of the exhibition Living Library. The first edition of the exhibition took place at MOCAK Library in Krakow. The exhibition in Gdańsk has been enriched with additional works.

Curator's tour of the Crime in Art exhibition

The most recent show, where we shall see works of 40 Polish and foreign artists, reveals various thematic, symbolic and critical possibilities that crime contains.

A Wall That Unites – Piotr Lutyński’s Mural in Zabłocie

A mural by Piotr Lutyński, an artist whose works are in the MOCAK Collection, has been created in the vicinity of the Museum. We would like to invite you to a concert which will add splendour to the act of unveiling of the work.

Guided tours for pensioners as part of the series Time for Art (5)

Pensioners are invited to our free tours of the exhibition Crime in Art combined with workshops.

Inner Space in Leszno and in Wałbrzych

The exhibition will be presented at the Regional Museum Gallery in Leszno and at Książ Palace in Wałbrzych.

Inner Space in Leszno

An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings from the Collection of the Józef Babiński Specialist Hospital in Krakow. From 14 October until 13 November the exhibition will be presented in the District Museum in Leszno.

Sculptures, Paintings, Films

At the exhibition of Julian Opie, one of the leading contemporary British artists, we will be presenting his new works, the majority prepared especially for the Krakow exhibition. The prevailing themes are people and nature.

Installation or Object? Works from the MOCAK Collection

At the exhibition we will show over a dozen works from the Museum’s Collection. Some of them have never been before been shown at MOCAK. Within the scope expressed in its title – Installation or Object? – the show examines the problem of fluidity of media in contemporary art.

Object, Space, Photography

The first in the series of exhibitions at MOCAK presenting the oeuvre of Mikołaj Smoczyński. The show is based entirely on the works of art and archives bequeathed to the Museum by the artist’s heirs in 2011.

America Is Not Ready For This

In 2011 Karol Radziszewski decided to set off to America in the footsteps of Natalia LL. The exhibition, which consists of the documentation of his encounters there, as well as his email correspondence and archive photos, creates a new portrait of Natalia LL.

Literary Inspirations

The artist who finds inspiration in literature tries to visualise what the writer has left to the reader’s imagination. The exhibition concentrates on works that relate to narratives in which the world is a place as magical as it is absurd, full of incredible phenomena.

Guided tour of the Julian Opie exhibition with the artist himself

On Saturday 18 October at 1 pm we would like to invite you to a guided tour of the exhibition Sculptures, Paintings, Films with the participation of Julian Opie and curator Delfina Jałowik. Admission included in the price of the ticket.

An Unusual Puzzle – children’s workshop

Children are invited to attend the workshop to accompany Julian Opie’s exhibition Sculptures, Paintings, Films.

MOCAK at the 18th Book Fair in Krakow

From 23 until 26 October visit the MOCAK stand, organised by the Museum, at the 18th Book Fair in Krakow.

Krzysztof Niemczyk. Przypadek twórczy – event which is part of the 18th Book Fair in Krakow

Come to the session dedicated to the figure of Krzysztof Niemczyk, an uncompromising, independent artist. With: Monika Niemczyk and Józef Chrobak. Chaired by: Maria Anna Potocka.

Psychoanalysis and Art – lecture by Michael Parsons

Come to a lecture by the British psychoanalyst Dr Michael Parsons, organised by the Polish Psychoanalytical Society and MOCAK the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow.

New Media: A Prosthetic of Perception? – event which is part of the 18th Book Fair in Krakow

Come to the discussion New Media: A Prosthetic of Perception? about the importance of interactive technology for cultural institutions.

Visual Experiments in Ukrainian Poetry

The lecture will be devoted to poetry created with graphic signs, and in particular using similarities between the verbal and visual expression that have provided the basis for the new mode of expression in the experimental Ukrainian poetry of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Krzysztof Niemczyk exhibition in Rome

From 3 until 28 November 2014 as part of the project In Polonia per saziare l´amore at Fondazione Pastificio Cerere there is on the exhibition of Krzysztof Niemczyk.

Curator guided tour of the exhibition Literary Inspirations

On Friday 7 November at 5 pm, you are invited to take part in the curator guided tour of the exhibition Literary Inspirations.

Can design help build local identity? – lecture by Zofia Oslislo-Piekarska

The book New Silesians: City, Design, Identity attempts to analyse the phenomenon of semantic design, inspired by the culture and heritage of the region.

Family Collections (September – November)

Visit our series of family workshops. Participants will be acquainted with works from the MOCAK Collection and they will make installations and other works that can become part of their family collections.

Inner Space in Wałbrzych

An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings from the Collection of the Józef Babiński Specialist Hospital in Krakow. From 17 November it will be transferred to the Książ Palace in Walbrzych.

MOCAK at the Book Fair in Katowice

During 21–23 November visit the stand of MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art at the Book Fair in Katowice.

10th Krakow Museums Open Doors Day at MOCAK

Many attractions have been prepared for MOCAK’s visitors. On the day, entry to all events is free, whether exhibitions, workshops or guided tours.

Senior Citizen Week at MOCAK 2014

In the last week of November, MOCAK invites all seniors to free-of-charge workshops and guided tours.

The Wolf Man: Psychoanalytical Inspirations Today

You are invited to attend a session devoted to Sergei Pankejeff, a famous patient of Sigmund Freud.

Touch Art – workshops for the blind

On 3 December as part of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, MOCAK is organising workshops tailor-made for the blind.

Dirty Wars – film screening. Meet Mateusz Curyła

You are invited to the screening of the film Dirty Wars (USA, 2013). Mateusz Curyło, the author of Names of War a text published in the latest issue of Autoportret, will introduce the issues dealt with by the film.

MOCAK Father Christmas tram

On Saturday 6 December from 11 am until 6 pm you are cordially invited to a very special Father Christmas occasion on a no. 6 Krakow MPK tram.

Father Christmas at MOCAK

On 6 December at 12, noon all children are invited to a special guided tour of the Museum, with lots of artistic surprises!

Curator guided tour of the exhibition Installation or Object? Works from the MOCAK Collection

The exhibition probes the problem of the flexibility of media in contemporary art. The exhibition curator Monika Koziol will talk about over a dozen works from the Museum's Collection that we present at the exhibition.

The Hell’s Kitchen Artists and ‘Farmers’ of New York , or the Lithuanian Émigré Avant-garde

MOCAK Library invites you to a lecture by Justyna Prusinowska, PhD, as part of the series of sessions entitled The Avant-garde of Central and Eastern Europe – Innovation or Imitation?

Spatial Works – workshops for children

Children are invited to attend the workshop accompanying the exhibition of works from MOCAK Collection Installation or Object?.

Exhibition of children’s works The House and Garden of My Dreams (4)

On Friday 19 December at 12 noon, at MOCAK there will take place the opening of children’s works submitted for the competition entitled The House and Garden of My Dreams.

Holy War – launch of a new book by Wojciech Wilczyk

Come to the launch of Święta Wojna (Holy War) – a new book by Wojciech Wilczyk, one of the leading Polish documentary photographers. The participants in the event will include Wojciech Wilczyk and Magdalena Zych. Host: Justyna Nowicka (Radio Kraków).

Guided tour of the Julian Opie exhibition

On Sunday 18 at 12 noon we would like to invite you to a guided tour of the exhibition Sculptures, Paintings, Films with the participation of curator Delfina Jałowik.

Witkacy the Letter Writer

On Tuesday 20 January at 6pm, come to the launch of Olga Szmidt’s book Witkacy the Letter Writer.

Opening

12th Febrauary at 6 pm: Come to the opening of the exhibitions!

Logical Emotion: Contemporary Art from Japan

The leitmotif of the exhibition can be encapsulated in two concepts – often treated as each other’s antithesis – ‘logic’ and ‘emotion’. The organisers of the exhibition hold that the tension between these concepts is the pivot of contemporary Japanese art. The exhibition aims to discover the essence of the ‘Japanese identity’, presenting it in different contexts and attempting to define distinguishing features of its aesthetics.

Omer Fast

Omer Fast’s exhibition at MOCAK will be the artist’s first larger presentation in Poland. We will show four video installation. Omer Fast is part of the programme of individual exhibitions showing the output of artists represented at the MOCAK Collection.

Two Series

The second in the series of Mikołaj Smoczyński’s exhibitions is based entirely on his works in the MOCAK Collection; we will be presenting two of the earliest photographic series by the artist: Double Object and The Secret Performance.

Nikifors

Nikifor Krynicki is the pivotal point of the exhibition. Other artists on display represent a philosophy and artistic approach similar to the Master from Krynica.

Young Israel

The first exhibition at Re Gallery by artists from outside Poland. We present video works by young Israeli artists – Ben Hagari and Nadav Bin-Nun.

Curator's tour of the exhibitions at the galleries

We would like to invite you to join a curator's tour of the following exhibitions: Mikołaj Smoczyński's Two Series at Alfa Gallery, Nikifors at Beta Gallery and Young Israel at Re Gallery.

Tour of the exhibition Logical Emotion: Contemporary Art from Japan and a meeting with Akihisa Hirata

We would like to invite you to a tour of the exhibition Logical Emotion and a meeting with the artist Akihisa Hirata, whose work Häm is presented at the exhibition.

Jagiellonian University Students' Art Week

We encourage you to learn about the MOCAK events as part of Jagiellonian University Students' Art Week.

Where is Nowosielski?

Where is Nowosielski? is a project of the ‘Cultural Archipelagos’ Anthropological Society, aiming to acquaint participants with the art of Jerzy Nowosielski and his works on display in Krakow.

Day with Fluxus at MOCAK

Come to MOCAK for a Fluxus-related event. Together with Grupa ETC we have prepared for the participants numerous attractions, including workshops, an educational game, a performative lecture, a panel discussion and a concert.

European Funds Festival Free Entry

Come to MOCAK for the events which are part of the 3rd edition of the European Funds Festival. During the day there will be free entry to all exhibitions. Free participation in museum classes should be of special interest to organised groups.

Closer to Kobierzyn – lecture by Professor Bogdan de Barbaro

Come to the lecture by Prof. Bogdan de Barbaro that will inaugurate the project Closer to Kobierzyn of the Cultural Archipelagos Foundation.

Slow Art Day

We would like to invite everyone to participate in another edition of Slow Art Day at MOCAK.

Winnicott’s Angels and Mannocci’s Clouds A psychoanalytic reflection on The Annunciation. A lecture by Jan Abram

On Saturday 25 October at 6 pm at MOCAK Jan Abram will give a lecture. The event has been co-organised by the Polish Psychoanalytical Society.

Krakers – Krakow Gallery Weekend

You are invited to a free-of-charge visit of our current exhibitions during the open weekend for Krakow galleries.

HiQ Formation – an audiovisual performance

Come to an audiovisual performance by Aleksander Janicki and the HiQ Formation, by, as part of the 27th International Festival of Krakow Composers.

Nikifors in Zakopane

The first presentation of the exhibition Nikifors took place at MOCAK. Its second facet shown at the Tatra Museum in Zakopane has been organised as part of the 41st Academic Symposium ʻModern Economy and Public Administrationʼ.

Open Day of European Funds at MOCAK

You are invited to MOCAK for a free tour of the exhibitions for the occasion of the Open Day of European Funds at MOCAK.

MOCAK at Warsaw Book Fair

14-17 May visit the stand of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow at the Warsaw Book Fair.

Things I Never Told My Father – workshops with Michel Kichka

Come to the workshops accompanying a drawing performance by Michel Kichka. The event is organised as part of Krakow Night of Museums.

Night of Museums 2015

Visit MOCAK to enjoy the Night of Museums. On that day the Museum will be open exclusively from 6 pm to 1 pm. The visitors will have a chance to see all exhibitions free of charge as well as take part in guided tours, events and contests organised specially for this occasion.

Gender in Art

Gender in Art is another project in MOCAK's series that confronts significant civilisational themes with artist's interpretation. The international exhibition will feature works of about forty artists. The accompanying publication, beside documenting the exhibition, will be a collection of essays which will present the issue from different perspectives.

Poland – Israel – Germany: The Experience of Auschwitz

The exhibition at MOCAK highlights the significant presence of the theme of Auschwitz in the historical, social and cultural discourse. It demonstrates how contemporary artists from Poland, Israel and Germany interpret events from the past. This is not about presenting art broadly thematically related to the Holocaust, rather – about works that deal with the ‘anus mundi’– Auschwitz as a place of genocide, the most tragic man-made symbol there is.

Ten Portraits of Jews of the 20th Century

At the exhibition we show the eponymous series that portrays the most prominent 20th-century personalities of Jewish extraction. Amongst them are academics, politicians and figures related to the world of culture such as Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Golda Meir, Gertrude Stein and Franz Kafka.

Lighting Studio

The year 2015 was proclaimed by UNESCO as the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies. Therefore at Re Gallery we present lamp designs by the students of the Faculty of Industrial Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow.

Indrė Šerpytytė, 1944–1991

The exhibition as part of Krakow Photomonth Festival.

Masters Series: Indrė Šerpytytė, Gintaras Česonis

Come to a masters session as part of the Krakow Photomonth Festival. On 16th May the guests of the event will be Indrė Šerpytytė and Gintaras Česonis.

Second Generation – workshops with Michel Kichka

Come to the workshops addressed at art students. Michel Kichka will talk about his artistic work. The participants of the workshops will create their own comic strips.

Female Pioneers with a Camera: the Photographs and Femaler Photographers from Galicia from the 19th and the First Half of the 20th Century

Come to a session as a part of of the Kraków Photo Fringe.

Masters Series: Markus Schaden

Come to a master session as part of the Krakow Photomonth Festival.

MOCAK at the Design – Business – Krakow 2015 fair

22-23 May visit the stand of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow MOCAK at the Design – Business – Krakow 2015 fair.

Curator guided tour of the exhibition Lighting Studio

Join the curator on the tour of the exhibition Lighting Studio. The tour will be guided by curator, Martyna Sobczyk in Polish.

Curator guided tour of the exhibition Gender in Art

Gender in Art is another project in MOCAK's series that confronts significant civilisational themes with artist's interpretation. The international exhibition will feature works of about forty artists.

Mobile apps and games about contemporary art – conceptual workshops

Come to the workshops dedicated to computer games and apps in the context of contemporary art education.

Meet Anna Grodzka, accompanied by showing the film Trans–akcja

The protagonist of the film is Anna Grodzka, the first Polish transgender MP. The event is part of the programme Transgender and gender diversity in culture.

Gender studies – session with professor Ann Snitow

Come to an event accompanying the exhibition Gender in Art – a discussion with Prof. Anna Snitow, Maria Anna Potocka, the director of MOCAK and Igor Stokfiszewski.

Night of Libraries at MOCAK

On Saturday, 30th May come to the first nationwide edition of Night of Libraries. That night special attractions will await the Readers. The MOCAK Library will be open from 11 am till midnight.

City game A Relic of Industrial Zabłocie

Take part in a city game which is organised on the site of Krakow Zabłocie.

Copyright Lives – lecture by professor Paul K. Saint-Amour

Come to professor Paul K. Saint-Amour's lecture dedicated to the relationship between copyright law, art and literature.

Curator–guided tour of the exhibition Poland – Israel – Germany

Wednesday, 10th June, 5.30 pm.

A Creative Collection

A series of workshops for the whole family focused on works from the MOCAK Collection.

Sinfonietta Cracovia – concert

We would like to invite you to attend a concert entitled Breaking with Tradition, organised as part of the Sinfonietta Festival. The concert will start with the series Music without Fanfare.

S/he

At the exhibition we present works by four students at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. The works illustrate the changes that have taken place in the social roles designated to men or women. The subject matter of S/he is related to the exhibition presented in the main part of the museum – Gender in Art.

People

The exhibition is part of the series of exhibitions at MOCAK that aim to enhance the creative image of well-known. We will be showing a few dozen of his sketches of faces. These are from a selection of a few hundred of the poet’s drawings from the collection of the National Library of Poland in Warsaw.

Guided tour of the exhibition Gender in Art with Sławomira Walczewska

Sławomira Walczewska, Ph.D., a feminist activist, philosopher and journalist will present her own interpretation of the works featured in the Gender in Art exhibition.

Seeing, Believing, Being: Jewish Heritage and Holocaust sites as Dark Tourism. A lecture by Ruth Ellen Gruber

You are invited to attend a lecture by the American journalist, author, editor and researcher Ruth Ellen Gruber on the different ways of commemorating history and constructing shared Jewish memory.

Guided tour of the exhibition Gender in Art with Anna Taszycka

Anna Taszycka, Ph.D., a film scholar, journalist and researcher of cultural difference will present her own interpretation of the works featured in the MOCAK exhibition.

Time for Art: Facing the Holocaust

We invite senior citizens for a free-of-charge guided tour of the exhibition Poland – Israel –Germany: The Experience of Auschwitz.

Nice to Meet You at MOCAK

We would like to invite the international residents of Krakow to participate in a museum activity designed especially for them. Everyone else is also welcome to join us!

Guided tours in English of the exhibitions at MOCAK for children and adults

You can join a guided tour of the MOCAK Collection (every Tuesday in July at 11 am) and the exhibition Gender in Art (every Tuesday in July and August at 3 pm).

The Second Life of a Book at MOCAK Library

Everybody can take part in the cashless book swap. The event is organised in collaboration with the Krakow Festival Bureau.

Space: The MOCAK Collection

Space is the first exhibition of works from the MOCAK Collection and Archive to be presented at Krakow Live Festival. The exhibition, in which we will be presenting some 30 objects, sculptures and installations, is part of the programme Art at the Festival.

Guided tours of current exhibitions at MOCAK

During 20–22 August at noon there will take place daily guided tours of our temporary exhibitions: Gender in Art, Polska – Israel – Germany: The Experience of Auschwitz and Ten Portraits of Jews of the 20th Century by Andy Warhol.

MOCAK goes to the Kraków Live Festival!

MOCAK has embarked on collaboration with Krakow Live Festival, which will take place 20–22 August 2015 on Krakow’s Błonia. For the festival audience and all the residents of the city, MOCAK has prepared an exhibition of works from its Collection as well as the area of creative activities.

MOCAK Summer cinema

Come to a series of film screenings which relate to the issues addressed in the exhibition Gender in Art. Screenings take place on Fridays at 9 pm in the open air, at MOCAK. Free entry.

Guided tours in English of the exhibition Gender in Art

You can join a guided tour of the exhibition Gender in Art (every Tuesday in July and August at 3 pm). Free admission.

Art in the Face of the Holocaust. A discussion in Polin

On 12th September at 2 pm come to the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw to a discussion dedicated to the ways of presenting the Holocaust in contemporary art.

The Creative Collection in Nowa Huta

On 13 September come to the Festival of European funds at the Com-Com Zone Nowa Huta. MOCAK has prepared many attractions for this event.

Guided tour of the exhibition Gender in Art

Gender in Art is another project in MOCAK's series that confronts significant civilisational themes with artist's interpretation. The international exhibition will feature works of about forty artists.

The Salt Route Bridge – Claudia Roth in discussion with Sigalit Landau

On Thursday, 17th September at 4.30 pm come to a discussion between the Israeli artist Sigalit Landau and Claudia Roth, the Vice-President of the German Bundestag, who will talk about the relationship between art and politics.

Screening of the film Brundibár Revisited

We would like to invite you to the screening of the film Brundibár Revisited (directed by Douglas Wolfsperger, 2014). The screening accompanies the exhibition Poland – Israel – Germany: The Experience of Auschwitz.

Week of Culture Without Barriers at MOCAK

On 26th September as part of the Week of Culture Without Barriers all persons interested in experiencing art with senses other than sight are invited to come to MOCAK to participate in workshops and a discussion panel.

60+ Culture at MOCAK

During the weekend 26th/27th September MOCAK invites seniors to visit the current exhibitions and participate in workshops free of charge.

MOCAK Instameet

On Wednesday 14 October at 5 pm, together with the IgersKraków community, we invite Instagram users to take a very special walk around Zabłocie, combined with a visit to the Museum.

Vernissage

On 15th October at 6 pm come to the opening of the following exhibitions.

Artists from Krakow: The Generation 1980–1990

MOCAK is embarking on a series of exhibitions showing the oeuvres of artists who live and work in Krakow. These presentations will encompass a variety of media. The series is inaugurated with a show of artists born between 1980 and 1990.

When Politics Enters Daily Life

In his distinctive art practice, Hungarian artist Csaba Nemes critically investigates sites of social and economic imbalances, the unexpected overlaps between personal and political history, and instances of friendship in times of despair. The exhibition at MOCAK presents Nemes’s singular artistic achievement that deftly branches into painting, drawing, film, animation and photography.

Beuys, Kantor, Demarco

The exhibition is devoted to the three artists Joseph Beuys, Tadeusz Kantor and Richard Demarco.

Poetry and Photography – The ‘Blue Pueblo’ Project

The exhibition is pivoted on a fusion of poetry and photography. In 2013, Grzegorz Wróblewski wrote his poem Blue Pueblo. Inspired by it, Wojciech Wilczyk took a series of photographs of Amager, the district of Copenhagen where the poet lives. The poem and a series of black-and-white photographs, displayed on the wall side by side, all combine into the project Blue Pueblo.

Impossible Objects

The first edition of the exhibition Impossible Objects took place in the Polish Pavilion at the 14th Biennale of Architecture in Venice. At MOCAK we will be showing the most significant element of the project that represented Poland at the Architecture Biennale.

Young Painting from Linz

The exhibition at the Re Gallery at MOCAK will present works by six students at the University of Art and Design Linz in Austria.

Guided tour of the When Politics Enters Daily Life exhibition with the participation of the artist

On Saturday 17 October at 12 noon, Csaba Nemes will give a guided tour of the exhibition of his works.

MOCAK at the 19th Book Fair Krakow

From 22 until 25 October we would like to invite you to visit the stand of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow MOCAK at the 19th Book Fair in Krakow.

MOCAK Education Department at the 19th Book Fair Krakow

On Thursday 22 October from 11 am till noon we would like to invite you to meet the MOCAK Education Department team at the International Book Fair in Krakow.

Curator-guided tour of the exhibition Artists from Krakow

Come to the guided tour of the exhibition Artists from Krakow: Generation 1980–1990 with the co-curator Delfina Jałowik in Polish.

Austria Days

Austria Days will take place in Krakow, thanks to the initiative of the Consulate General of the Republic of Austria in Krakow. This will be a first-ever encounter with Austrian literature, music, art, photography and film. MOCAK invites you to the curator guided tour of the exhibitions

Paal Nilssen-Love, Large Unit

On 4 November 2015 at 6 pm, MOCAK and Dom Kultury Alchemia Foundation welcome you at the concert as part of the programme of the 10th Krakow Jazz Autumn.

Visual Reading: Poetry and Photography

On Saturday 07 November at 12 noon come to an art-cum-literature workshop accompanying the exhibition of Wojciech Wilczyk and Grzegorz Wróblewski Poetry and Photography –‘Blue Pueblo’ Project for adults and young people. Conducted in Polish.

Time for Art: Artists from Krakow

We invite senior citizens for a free-of-charge guided tour of the exhibition Artists from Krakow: The Generation 1980–1990. The guided tour will be in Polish.

Curator guided tour of Impossible Objects

On Saturday 14 November at 11 am, we invite you to joint the guided tour of the exhibition Impossible Objects with the participation of its co-curator Dorota Leśniak-Rychlak.

Music without applause

On 18th November come to the concert of the French clarinettist Michel Lethiec and Sinfonietta Cracovia. The event is part of the series Music Without Applause.

Meet the author of the book Greetings from Auschwitz

On Thursday 19 November at 6.30 pm, we would like to invite you, in collaboration with the Foundation of Visual Arts, to meet Paweł Szypulski, the author of the book Greetings from Auschwitz.

11th Krakow Museums Open Doors Day at MOCAK

Many attractions await visitors to MOCAK. On that day admission to all exhibitions, participation in the workshops and guided tours are free of charge.

The Seniors’ Week

In the last week of November, as it does each year, MOCAK will organise free-of-charge workshops and guided tours for seniors, as well as offering free entry to anyone over 60.

Total Revolution: The Avant-garde of Central and Eastern Europe

On Thursday 3 December 2015 at 7 pm, we would like to invite you to the launch of Jakub Kornhauser’s book Total Revolution: The Status of Objects in Surrealist Poetry.

Curator guided tour of Impossible Objects

On Saturday 5 December at 11 am, we invite you to join the guided tour of the exhibition Impossible Objects with the participation of its co-curator Michał Wiśniewski. The tour will be held in polish.

MOCAK Santa Claus Tram

On Sunday 6 December from 11 am until 4 pm, together with Krakow Municipal Transport Company MPK we would like to invite you to a Santa Claus action-packed tram no. 18.

Death Does Not Have the Last Word: The Experience of Auschwitz Today in the Center for Persecuted Arts in the Art Museum Solingen

From December, in the Center for Persecuted Arts in the Art Museum Solingen it will be possible to view part of the exibition previously presented at MOCAK: Poland – Israel – Germany: The Experience of Auschwitz.

Film screening: Woman without Space

On Thursday 10 December at 7 pm, together with the Machina Fotografika Foundation, we would like to invite you to the screening of the film. The screening will be followed by a discussion.

Prezentation – workshops

We invite all children aged 6–10 to a festive workshop. Looking at works from the MOCAK Collection

The 24. Finale of the Grand Orchestra of Christmas Charity at MOCAK

On Sunday 10 January, MOCAK will join in to help get donations on behalf of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity. For this reason, we have made entry to all the exhibitions free on the day.

Impossible Objects? – workshops

On Sunday, 10th January at 12 noon teenagers aged 10–14 are invited to participate in educational workshops which will provide an opportunity to learn about the works presented at MOCAK and the history of the building housing the Museum

Session dedicated to the book Kino epoki nowofalowej (The age of new wave cinema) – the 3rd volume of Historia kina (The history of cinema)

On Friday, 15th January at 6 pm MOCAK, the Universitas Publishing House and the Institute of the Audio-Visual Arts at Jagiellonian University would like to invite you to a session dedicated to the book Kino epoki nowofalowej. Historia kina, tom 3 (The age of new wave cinema. The history of cinema, vol. 3)

Utopian Pulse – Flares in the Darkroom

Presentation of the initiative by Ines Doujak and Oliver Ressler,
which has been carried out since 2014. As one of its parts, the
invited artists and activists create designs of banners which show
utopian projects.

Utopian Pulse – Flares in the Darkroom

Presentation of the initiative by Ines Doujak and Oliver Ressler,
which has been carried out since 2014. As one of its parts, the
invited artists and activists create designs of banners which show
utopian projects.

Curator-guided tour of the exhibition Artists from Krakow

On Sunday 24 January at 12 noon we would like to invite you to a guided tour of the exhibition Artists from Krakow: The Generation 1980–1990.

The winter holidays at MOCAK

Find out what artistic and educational activities are on offer for children and families during the winter holidays.

Session dedicated to the book Eseje wybrane (Selected Essays) by Virginia Woolf

On Wednesday, 27th January at 6 pm MOCAK and Karakter publishing house would like to invite you to a session dedicated to the book Eseje wybrane (Selected Essays) by Virginia Woolf.

Session dedicated to the book VeryGraphic: Polish Designers of the 20th Century

On Thursday, 28th January at 6 pm MOCAK and Culture.pl would like to invite you to a session. The book was published in English in order to present the immense and diverse legacy of Polish graphic designers to the world.

Quotes from the Collection

Quotes from the Collection is a year-long project at the MOCAK Library that will provide a framework for the presentation and discussion of selected works from the MOCAK Collection. The project will provide an opportunity to get to know works that are not at present part of the Collection exhibition as well as an incentive to analyse the creativity of selected artists in
an unhurried and in-depth way.

Free Words – an event accompanying the exhibition Quotes from the Collection

On 14th February from 12 noon to 3 pm take part in an educational performance inspired by Géza Perneczky's work "art".

Terror in Our Culture: Meeting Peruvian Psychoanalysis

On Thursday, 25th February at 7.15 pm the Polish Psychoanalytical Society and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow MOCAK would like to invite you to a panel discussion titled Terror in Our Culture, which will be preceded by Eduardo Gastelumendi's lecture on psychoanalysis with difficult patients.

Meet Michel Kichka, author of the comic Second Generation: What I Did Not Tell My Father

On Saturday 27 February at 4 pm you are invited to meet Michel Kichka, the author of a graphic novel, in which he recalls the formative moments of his childhood, youth and adulthood in the shadow of the Shoah. Talking to the author will be Maria Kobielska and Joanna Ostrowska, on topics including post‑memory and inherited memory.

Next Generation – workshop with Michel Kichka

On Saturday 27 February at 11 am you are invited to take part in a workshop with Michel Kichka, author of the comic Second Generation: What I Did Not Tell My Father.

The Life and Death of Art. A Meeting with Piotr Graczyk

On Monday, 7th March at 7 pm come to a meeting with Piotr Graczyk, the winner of Barbara Skarga Prize. Cezary Woźniak and Joanna Hańderek as a chairwoman will take part in the discussion with the author.

Guided tour of the Csaba Nemes exhibition

On Saturday 12 March at 12 noon we would like to invite you to a guided tour of the exhibition When Politics Enters Daily Life.

Nature's Masks – workshops for children

On Sunday, 13th March at 1 pm children are invited to educational workshops inspired by the exhibition Artists From Krakow: The Generation 1980–1990.

Jagiellonian University Students' Art Week

We encourage you to learn about the MOCAK events as part of Jagiellonian University Students' Art Week.

Live Factory 2: Warhol by Lupa (MOCAK Collection)

MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, in collaboration with the Helena Modrzejewska National Stary Theatre in Krakow, is opening a new space as part of its Collection. We will be showing Krystian Lupa’s interactive installation Live Factory 2, based on the stage design for his theatre production Factory 2, which premiered at the Stary Theatre in 2008.

Widening the Scope: Post-Futurism

On Thursday, 17th March 2016 at 6 pm come to the screening of Jerzy Bielski's theatre production not only Futurists and a discussion with the artist.

What do you need to understand contemporary art? Launch of the publication Sztuka w naszym wieku (Art This Century)

On Thursday 7 April at 6 pm you are welcome to attend the publication launch of ING Polish Art Foundation.

Screening of the film Performer with Oskar Dawicki, followed by talking to the artist

On Friday 8 April at 6 pm come to MOCAK for the screening of the film Performer by Maciej Sobieszczański and Łukasz Ronduda, starring Oskarem Dawicki. The projection will be followed by a discussion with the participation of Oskar Dawicki and Zbigniew Warpechowski.

Factory – reinterpretations

On Sunday 10 April at 12 noon we invite adults to a workshop related to Krystian Lupa’s installation, which is an adaptation of the stage set for his production of //Live Factory 2.

Active Reading – activities for the whole family

On Saturday 16 April at 12 noon children 4–7 together with their parents are invited to an active reading of the book Wędrówka pędzla i ołówka (Roving with the brush and the pencil) by Maria Terlikowska with illustrations by Janusz Stanny.

A World Premiere Concert as part of the 28th International Festival of Krakow Composers

Together with the Krakow section of the Association of Polish Composers on Sunday 17 April at 6 pm we would like to invite you to the world premiere concert of the 28th International Festival of Krakow Composers.

A Concert of Portuguese Music as part of the 28th International Festival of Krakow Composers

Together with the Krakow section of the Association of Polish Composers on Wednesday 20 April at 7.30 pm we would like to invite you to the concert of Portuguese Music.

Vernissage

On 21st April at 6 pm come to the opening of the following exhibitions!

Medicine in Art

Medicine in Art is another exhibition in the series that confronts terms permeating the public sphere of reference with the viewpoint of the artist.

Making Connections

The exhibition of works by Robert Devriendt is another individual presentation of artists from the MOCAK Collection.

Cracow Gallery Weekend Krakers

As part of the open weekend at Krakow art galleries 22–24 April 2016 we would like to invite you to visit MOCAK. During the period, entry to the Museum including all the guided tours will be free. No need to pre-book.

Aneta Grzeszykowska

The exhibition is organized as a part of the Krakow Photomonth Festival 2016.

Max Pinckers Will They Sing Like Raindrops or Leave Me Thirsty*

The exhibition is organized as a part of the Krakow Photomonth Festival 2016.

Looking for Yourself in Others

Looking for Yourself in Others is an exhibition of 13 drawings by Tomasz Wiatr at the MOCAK Library. A doctor from Krakow, he embarked on a creative way of spending his leisure time and began a parallel life as an artist.

Slow Art Day

As in previous years, the attendees will be invited to look slowly and closely at five pre-assigned works of art from the MOCAK Collection and The Mieczysław Porębski Library.

Mieke Bal at MOCAK: World premiere of the film Reasonable Doubt

On Saturday 23 April at 6 pm we would like to invite you to a world premiere of the Mieke Bal latest film Reasonable Doubt. After the screening there will be a chance to meet the author and artists and a discussion led by Roma Sendyka (Jagiellonian Unversity) and Magdalena Mazik (MOCAK).

Anatomy Lesson – artistic workshop for adults

On Sunday 8 May at 2 pm young people and adults are welcome to join the artistic workshop inspired by the exhibition Medicine in Art.

Libraries Week 2016

During 8–15 May, in collaboration with the Association of Polish Librarians we would like to invite you to the Libraries Week.

Masters Series: Max Pinckers. Krakow Photomonth Festival

On Thursday 12 May at 7 pm come and meet the Belgian photographer Max Pinckers, the author of the project Will They Sing Like Raindrops..., which we are showing in Re Gallery.

Night of Museums 2016

On Friday 13 May come to the Night of Museums in MOCAK. On the day, the Museum will be open only from 7 pm until 1 am. During that time the visitors will be able to view all the exhibitions free of charge as well as take part in guided tours, events and competitions organised especially for the occasion.

Weekend workshops for children on the MOCAK Collection

Children are welcome to come to the series of educational workshops devoted to works in the MOCAK Collection. During each session, the focus will be on a particular work and the participants will engage in their own related artistic activity.

Music without Fanfare: Sinfonietta Cracovia

On Wednesday 18 May at 7.30 pm we would like to invite you to another concert at MOCAK from the series entitled Tajniki dodekafonii.

International Art Hang-Out at MOCAK

On 28 May from 2 pm to 4 pm we would like to invite the international residents of Krakow to participate in a museum activity designed especially for them. Everyone else is also welcome to join us!

Week of the Disabled 2016

From 31 May till 5 June MOCAK becomes one of the co-organisers of the Week of People with Disability. During that time there will be no admittance fees for the disabled and those who assist them.

Children’s Day at MOCAK

On the day, free entry to all visitors under the age of 18. Check it out!

Meet Aneta Grzeszykowska. Krakow Photomonth Festival

On Friday 3 June at 6 pm come and meet the Polish photographer Aneta Grzeszykowska, the author of the project Aneta Grzeszykowska, which we are showing in Beta Gallery. The meeting will be led by Wojciech Nowicki, the exhibition curator.

Meet Sputnik Collective. Krakow Photomonth Festival

On Saturday 4 June at 6 pm come and meet the Sputnik Collective.

Night of Libraries at the MOCAK
Weaving a tale. Handicraft Hang-out

Night of Libraries is a perfect time for meeting, talking and working together. This year we are Weaving tales! The yard in front of the library will be turned into a workshop for all those interested in handicraft, both professionals and amateurs.

MOCAK Collection in Vilnius

From 9 until 12 June, at the Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress Centre Litexpo in Vilnius, the 7th edition of the International Contemporary Art Fair ArtVilnius’16 will take place. This is one of the most prominent events of this kind in the Baltic states.

MOCAK Collection at ArtVilnius’16

From 9 until 12 June, at the Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress Centre Litexpo in Vilnius, the 7th edition of the International CONTEMPORARY Art Fair ‘ArtVilnius’16 will take place. he Museum will be presenting the works of Polish and international artists which are part of the MOCAK Collection.

MOCAK at the Life Festival Oświęcim 2016

Welcome to MOCAK the Museum of Contemporary Art Festival space at this year’s edition of the Life Festival Oświęcim. For the participants we have educational workshops themed on the MOCAK Collection, which will be taking place in the Festival stadium.

Exhibition opening

On Thursday 23 June at 6 pm We would like to invite you to the opening of the following exhibitions:

Still Life: Psychological Portrait

The exhibition will present two series combining photographs and text. The images show carefully arranged food items and everyday objects. The series Not So Miscellany is reminiscent of traditional still lifes, whilst works from the series Hyper Reality are open compositions.

Trial Print

The exhibition presents works created in 2014–2016 in the Copperplate Engraving Studio of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow under Professor Krzysztof Tomalski.

Meet Hedva Ser

On Monday 27 June at 6 pm meet Hedva Ser, a UNESCO Artist for Peace, whose sculptures are to be placed in the public space of the City of Krakow.

Saving Faces. A lecture by Professor Iain Hutchison

On Thursday 30 June at 6 pm we invite you to a lecture by Professor Iain Hutchison, an oral and maxillofacial surgeon who will present his Saving Faces Art Project.

Summer Cinema at MOCAK. You don't know Jack

Throughout the summer you can come to our evening cinema show to see films related to the issues raised in the exhibition Medicine in Art.

Summer Cinema at MOCAK. The Knick

Throughout the summer you can come to our evening cinema show to see films related to the issues raised in the exhibition Medicine in Art.

Quotes from the Collection. Jerzy Kosałka

Quotes from the Collection is an all-year project at the MOCAK Library that will provide a framework for the presentation and discussion of selected works from the MOCAK Collection. In July we will present the work of Jerzy Kosałka, entitled Map of the Battle of Kłobuck.

Meet Jacek Dehnel

On Wednesday 6 July at 6 pm together with Wydawnictwo Znak we would like to invite you to meet Jacek Dehnel at the launch of his most recent book – Krivoklat.

Summer Cinema at MOCAK. Code Blue

Throughout the summer you can come to our evening cinema show to see films related to the issues raised in the exhibition Medicine in Art.

Performance Us 8

On Friday 15 July at 8 pm we would like to invite you to the MOCAK Library for the finale of the performance by Timothy Maxymenko.

Summer Cinema at MOCAK. The Knick

Throughout the summer you can come to our evening cinema show to see films related to the issues raised in the exhibition Medicine in Art.

Thought Map

On Saturday 16 July come to the MOCAK Library to the workshop inspired by Jerzy Kosałka’s work Plan of the Battle of Kłobuck.

Summer Cinema at MOCAK. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Throughout the summer you can come to our evening cinema show to see films related to the issues raised in the exhibition Medicine in Art.

Summer Cinema at MOCAK. The Knick

Throughout the summer you can come to our evening cinema show to see films related to the issues raised in the exhibition Medicine in Art.

Summer Cinema at MOCAK. Suprise screening

Throughout the summer you can come to our evening cinema show to see films related to the issues raised in the exhibition Medicine in Art. Free entry.

Landscape after the Holocaust

The Second Life of a Book at MOCAK Library

On Sunday 7 August at 3 pm, we would like to invite you to the event The Second Life of a Book, organised in collaboration with the Krakow Festival Bureau. The event accompanying a Weekend with Literature.

Summer Cinema at MOCAK. A Dangerous Method

Throughout the summer you can come to our evening cinema show to see films related to the issues raised in the exhibition Medicine in Art.

Summer Cinema at MOCAK. The Knick

Throughout the summer you can come to our evening cinema show to see films related to the issues raised in the exhibition Medicine in Art.

International Art Hang-Out at MOCAK – vol. II

On 27th August from 12 noon to 2 pm we would like to invite the international residents of Krakow to participate in a museum activity of our second edition of the International Art Hang-out. Everyone else is also welcome to join us!

Summer Cinema at MOCAK. The Existence

Throughout the summer you can come to our evening cinema show to see films related to the issues raised in the exhibition Medicine in Art.

Book launch Men with a Pink Triangle

On Thursday 8 September at 6 pm, MOCAK and the publishing house Wydawnictwo Ośrodek KARTA invite you to the launch of the book Men with a Pink Triangle.

Weekends with Literature

From June to September, the MOCAK Library would like to invite you to a Weekend with Literature. Throughout the holiday weekends, there will be meet-the-author event, workshops and literary guided tours as well as discussion panels concerning the process of creating a book.

Installation/Improvisation. Theatrical workshop with Krzysztof Zawadzki, an actor of the National Stary Theatre in Krakow.

On Saturday 17 September at 3 pm adults are invited to a free theatrical workshop at MOCAK the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow.

Selflessness of Art – integration session and workshops

On 23 September at 12 noon you are invited to an integration session that is the corollary of the project Selflessness of Art.

The 60+ Culture at MOCAK

MOCAK would like to invite seniors as part of the 60+ Culture campaign. On the weekend of 24th and 25th of September people over 60 years of age will have a chance to buy a special ticket for 1 zł, which will enable them to see all the exhibitions presented at the Museum.

MOCAK at the Silesian Book Fair

From 30th September to 2nd October 2016 visit the stand of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow MOCAK at the Silesian Book Fair.

Guided tour of the exhibition w Medicine in Art

Every second Sunday at 12 noon there is a guided tour of the exhibition Medicine in Art, conducted in Polish.

Meet with Eduardo Mendoza

On 6th October at 6 pm MOCAK and Znak publishing house would like to invite you to a meeting with Eduardo Mendoza, at which the Polish edition of his latest novel will be promoted (Tajemnica zaginionej ślicznotki is coming out on 28th September).

The Tactics of Barbara Hammer – a retrospective of films by the pioneer of experimental queer cinema, with an opportunity to meet the artist

On 10 and 11 October 2016 at 6 pm we would like to invite you to the retrospective of the pioneer of experimental queer cinema Barbara Hammer and to meet the artist.

Opening

On 20th October at 6 pm come to the opening of the following five exhibitions!

Art Taken Out of the Ordinary

One can judge an artist by whether he has discovered his own method of ‘processing the world’ – one that opens the eyes of others to new symbolic areas. Daniel Spoerri is a great artistic discoverer.

Sensations of Reality and Conceptual Practices 1965–1980

The exhibition is another in the series of individual presentations of artists from the MOCAK Collection. We are showing Jarosław Kozłowski's early works from the period 1965-1980: drawings, sketches, photographs, paintings, as well as installations and assemblages. They are an expression of the artist's personal experiences placed in a political-historical context.

The Sea

The motif of the sea has been present in art and literature for centuries. The presentation in Alfa Gallery shows a variety of works executed in different media by contemporary artists from Poland and other countries, who have been inspired by this theme.

Grenzsituationen

The twentieth-century existential philosopher Karl Jaspers introduced the concept of Grenzsituationen, limit situations; amongst these extreme situations he included death, struggle, suffering and guilt.

Social Performance

Katarzyna Bobiec and Dominika Borkowska are students of artistic mediation at the Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław. In Re Gallery they have arranged interactive spaces inspired by their performance activities.

MOCAK at the 20th International Book Fair in Krakow

During 27–30 October 2016 you are invited to the stand of MOCAK the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow for the 20th International Book Fair in Krakow.

About-face: Going beyond visibility in art and philosophy – lecture by Anna Szyjkowska-Piotrowska

Together with the publishing house słowo/obraz terytoria on Thursday 27 October at 6 pm we would like to invite you to a lecture by Anna Szyjkowska-Piotrowska on the themes dealt with in her book About-face: Going Beyond Visibility in Art and Philosophy.

Meet Andrij Lubka and Ołeksandr Bojczenko

On Tuesday 8 November at 6 pm MOCAK together with the Cultural Workshop in Lublin invite you to meet Andrij Lubka and Ołeksandr Bojczenko at the launch of their respective books.

Meet the artist Tomasz Machciński

On Thursday 8 November at 6 pm MOCAK invite you to meet Tomasz Machciński. The artist will focus on his photographic portraits of women, talking about the females that he has become.

MOCAK at the Interesting Books Exhibition in Łódź

During 18–20 November, you are invited to the stand of MOCAK the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow at the 6th Interesting Books Exhibition which is part of the International Fair in Łódź.

Concert by Sinfonietta Cracovia with music by Arvo Pärt

On Friday 18 November at 7.30 pm we would like to invite you to another concert at MOCAK from the series Music without Fanfare, entitled Explosion of Silence.

Krakow Museums Open Doors Day at MOCAK

We have prepared many attractions for the visitors to MOCAK on Sunday 20 November.

Book launch: Moje królestwo [My Kingdom] – interview with Edward Dwurnik

On Thursday 24 November at 6 pm MOCAK and the publishing house Wydawnictwo Czarne welcome you at the launch of the book Moje królestwo [My Kingdom]. The participants in the discussion: Małgorzata Czyńska, Edward Dwurnik and Maria Anna Potocka.

Guided tours of the current exhibition

On Sunday 27 November at 12 noon we would like to invite you to a guided tour of the exhibitions Daniel Spoerri and Jarosław Kozłowski.

Seniors’ Week at MOCAK

Between 29 November and 2 December anyone over 60 is invited to take up our special educational offer. On those days, they can see all the exhibitions for just 1 zł.

Klub Auschwitz i inne kluby. Rwane opowieści przeżywców – launch of the book by Agnieszka Dauksza

On Tuesday 29 November at 6 pm, MOCAK, Research Center for Memory Cultures and the publishers słowo/obraz terytoria would like to invite you to the launch of the book [The Auschwitz Club and Other Clubs: Broken Stories of the Survivors].

Meet Bronka Nowicka – winner of the literary award Nike 2016

On Thursday 1 December at 6 pm, MOCAK and the publishers Biuro Literackie would like to invite you to meet Bronka Nowicka.

Embroidered poetry

On 1 and 2 December between 11 am and 2 pm visit the workshop themed on the exhibition of Daniel Spoerri. Inspired by the artist’s works from the series Faded Oracle will make one-off poetic collages based on folk wall hangings.

Guided tours of the MOCAK Collection

We begin a series of guided tours of the MOCAK Collection, conducted in Polish.

L’arte differente: MOCAK al MAXXI
Exhibition of works from the MOCAK Collection in Rome

This will be the first such large scale and comprehensive presentation of works from the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cracow, MOCAK, to be presented in Italy. We will be presenting over 50 works including paintings, photographs, video, installations, and objects.

Najlepiej w życiu ma Twój kot [Your Cat Has the Best Life of All] – letters by Wisława Szymborska and Kornel Filipowicz – launch of the book.

On 8 December at 6 pm, MOCAK and the publishers Wydawnictwo Znak would like to invite you to a chat about the correspondence by Wisława Szymborska and Kornel Filipowicz on the occasion of the launch of the book Your Cat Has the Best Life of All: Letters.

Volunteer Cultural Ticket

As part of the action Volunteer Cultural Ticket on Saturday 10 December at 12 noon all volunteers are invited to MOCAK.

Guided tour of the Jarosław Kozłowski exhibition with the artist himself

On Sunday 11 December at 3 pm, Jarosław Kozłowski will give a guided tour of the exhibition of his works Sensations of Reality and Conceptual Practices 1965–1980.

Book launch of Prince of Networks: Bruno Latour and Metaphysics

On Tuesday 13 December at 6 pm, MOCAK, the Library of the quarterly Kronos and the Count August Cieszkowski Foundation would like to invite you to the launch of the book by Graham Harman.

A Day with the MOCAK Collection

On Sunday, 15th January, all tickets at special price 1 zł. We especially recommend spending this day with the MOCAK Collection.

Russian-language guided tours of the current exhibitions

We would like to invite you to a guided tour of the exhibitions Daniel Spoerri and Jarosław Kozłowski. The tour will be held in Russian.

Zofia Posmysz: Auschwitz and Literature

The exhibition is part of the programme accompanying the premiere of the opera The Passenger at the Musiktheater im Revier in Gelsenkirchen.

Literary Images of the Holocaust: The Passenger by Zofia Posmysz

The exhibition is part of the programme accompanying the premiere of the opera The Passenger at the Musiktheater im Revier in Gelsenkirchen.

The winter holidays at MOCAK

Find out what artistic and educational activities are on offer for children and families during the winter holidays.

Second Generation: Graphic Novel by Michel Kichka

The exhibition is part of the programme accompanying the premiere of the opera The Passenger at the Musiktheater im Revier in Gelsenkirchen.

Meet Krzysztof Wodiczko

On Thursday, 2nd February, at 6 pm MOCAK and Wydawnictwo Krytyki Politycznej would like to invite you to a session dedicated to the book Wodiczko. Socjoestetyka.

Working Women – meet the collective Dream Team

MOCAK and the women’s Dream Team collective of cartoon artists invite you on Thursday 9 February at 6 pm to the launch of their album Works and Handicrafts.

Ryszard Krynicki. Sehen wir uns noch?

To coincide with the publication of Ryszard Krynicki’s collection of poems Sehen wir uns noch? by the German publishing house Hanser, MOCAK in collaboration with the Center for Persecuted Arts in Solingen has prepared an exhibition dedicated to his works.

Brass Band Concert

On Saturday 11 March at 6 pm we would like to invite you to a concert of the Brass Band of the Academy of Music in Krakow.

Factory Birthday – meet Krystian Lupa and his actors

On Monday 13 March at 6 pm MOCAK would like to invite you to meet Krystian Lupa and the actors who took part in the production Factory 2. The event will take place in the space of Live Factory 2: Warhol by Lupa. Hosting: Adrian D. Kowalski.

Guided tour of the Daniel Spoerri exhibition

Jagiellonian University Students' Art Week

The Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow MOCAK would like to invite you to Jagiellonian University Students' Art Week from 21 to 26 March.

Meet Zofia Posmysz

On Thursday 23 March at 6 pm, MOCAK and Wydawnictwo Znak would like to invite you to meet the writer and former Auschwitz prisoner Zofia Posmysz. Hosted by: Maria Anna Potocka.

Central Europe in the NET of conceptualism

On Thursday 30 March at 6 pm we would like to invite you to a discussion about the last two issues, no. 29 and 30, of the magazine on contemporary music "Glissando".

What’s the Point of Stage Design – discussion of the book Odsłony współczesnej scenografii (Forms of contemporary stage design)

On Thursday 6 April at 6 pm MOCAK and Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego would like to invited you to a session about the book Odsłony współczesnej scenografii. Sylwetki – problemy – rozmowy (Forms of contemporary stage design: Artists – issues – discourse).

The Passenger

The exhibition is accompanying the premiere of the opera The Passenger based on the novel by Zofia Posmysz at the Semperoper Dresden.

Cracow Gallery Weekend Krakers 2017

As part of Cracow Gallery Weekend Krakers 21–23 April 2017 we would like to invite you to visit the Museum.

Slow Art Day 2017

On 23 April on 12 noon we would like to invite everyone to participate in another edition of Slow Art Day at MOCAK.

Exhibition opening

On Thursday, 27th April at 6 pm we would like to invite you to the opening of the following exhibitions!

29. International Festival of Krakow Composers

In collaboration with the Krakow section of the Association of Polish Composers, we would like to invite you to the events, which are part of the 29th International Festival of Krakow Composers.

Art in Art

Art in Art is another exhibition in our series that confronts important areas of life with their perception by artists. This exhibition will, however, differ from the others.

The Artist and the Trace: Materials from the MOCAK Collection Artists' Archive

The exhibition is the first in a series intended to popularise the MOCAK Archive collection. The objects on display are testimony to artistic processes and ephemeral performative actions. The unique archival material documents public actions, artistic projects, and exhibitions from the period 1973–2004.

Grapevine: 1988–1992

The exhibition is organized as a part of the Krakow Photomonth 2017 Festival.

A New Archaeology for Liban and Płaszów

The exhibition is organized as a part of the Krakow Photomonth Festival 2017.

Concert Music without Fanfare: Jerzy Maksymiuk

on Thursday 11 May at 7 pm MOCAK and Sinfonietta Cracovia invite you to a concert from the series Music without Fanfare, conducted by Jerzy Maksymiuk.

MOCAK at 8. Warsaw Book Fair

18-21 May visit the stand of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow at the Warsaw Book Fair, which will be held at the National Stadium.

Night of Museums at MOCAK

On Friday 19 May you are invited to MOCAK for the Night of Museums. On the day, the Museum will be open only from 6 pm until 1 am. The last entry to the exhibitions at 00:30 am. Free entry.

Meet the artist Susan Lipper

On Saturday 20 May at 1.30 pm, we would like you to invite the artist Susan Lipper. As part of the festival Photomonth Krakow 2017, in the Beta Gallery we are presenting Susan Lipper’s exhibition Grapevine: 1988–1992.

Exhibition guided tours as part of Photomonth in Krakow

On Saturday 20 May at 12 noon we would like to invite you to the guided tour of the Susan Lipper exhibition Grapevine: 1988–1992 and Diana Lelonek’s Liban and Płaszów – A New Archeology.

MOCAK Collection at the MBWA in Leszno

The exhibition MOCAK Collection at the MBWA in Leszno is part of a research project that our Museum has been conducting over a number of years, aiming to analyse the social function of art understood not as pleasurable pastime but above all as a means to understand and change the world.

Meet the artist Diana Lelonek

On Sunday 28 May at 2 pm, we would like you to invite the Diana Lelonek. As part of the Festival Photomonth Krakow 2017, in the Re Gallery we are presenting the artist’s exhibition Liban and Płaszów – A New Archeology.

Film screening of William Kentridge, Triumphs and Laments

MOCAK has joined the international project to show simultaneously the film William Kentridge, Triumphs and Laments directed by Giovanni Troilo in museums all over the world. You are invited to attend the screening on Thursday 1 June at 6 pm. The event accompanies the exhibition Art in Art.

123 Artworks from the MOCAK Collection

The seventh International Contemporary Fair Art Vilnius ’17 will be held from June 8th-11th 2017. As every year, a special exhibition programme is organized, this time it is focused on the idea of a collection.

Lectures complementary to the Art in Art exhibition

Just before summer holidays, in the last week of June, MOCAK invites you to a series of three lectures inspired by the Art in Art exhibition.

Exhibition opening

On Thursday, 29th June at 6 pm we would like to invite you to the opening of the new exhibitions!

Outdoor Exhibits from the MOCAK Collection

Group of artworks situated in the area surrounding MOCAK refers to four subjects: the Holocaust, history of art, history of politics and intervention in public space.

Landscape after the Holocaust

With his life and art, Jonasz Stern left a permanent mark on the Polish art of the 20th century. Before the war, he was a member of the first Grupa Krakowska (Krakow Group), and in 1957 he co‑founded Grupa Krakowska II, with members including Maria Jarema and Tadeusz Kantor. These were the two most significant artistic formations in Poland.

Poland ↔ Israel

The exhibition in the Re Gallery has been organised in collaboration with Miri Segal, PhD, the head of the Postgraduate Fine Art Program at Hamidrasha Beit Berl College in Kfar Saba, Israel – as part of the aforementioned program.

Presentations about Art

From 4 July MOCAK invites you to summer meetings at the Art in Art exhibition. Every day from Tuesday to Friday at noon visitors will get the chance to listen to a commentary and interpretation delivered by one of the MOCAK specialists.

Summer Cinema at MOCAK. Exit Through the Gift Shop

Throughout the summer holidays, you are welcome to our evening cinema show to see films related to the issues raised in the exhibition Art in Art. The screenings take place on Fridays at 9 pm under the arches at MOCAK, from 7 to 25 August.

Summer Cinema at MOCAK. Waste Land

Throughout the summer holidays, you are welcome to our evening cinema show to see films related to the issues raised in the exhibition Art in Art. The screenings take place on Fridays at 9 pm under the arches at MOCAK, from 7 to 25 August.

Summer Cinema at MOCAK. Art School Confidential

Throughout the summer holidays, you are welcome to our evening cinema show to see films related to the issues raised in the exhibition Art in Art. The screenings take place on Fridays at 9 pm under the arches at MOCAK, from 7 to 25 August.

Summer Cinema at MOCAK. La Migliore offerta

Throughout the summer holidays, you are welcome to our evening cinema show to see films related to the issues raised in the exhibition Art in Art. The screenings take place on Fridays at 9 pm under the arches at MOCAK, from 7 to 25 August.

Summer Cinema at MOCAK. Shirley – Visions of Reality

Throughout the summer holidays, you are welcome to our evening cinema show to see films related to the issues raised in the exhibition Art in Art. The screenings take place on Fridays at 9 pm under the arches at MOCAK, from 7 to 25 August.

Summer Cinema at MOCAK. Finding Vivian Maier

Throughout the summer holidays, you are welcome to our evening cinema show to see films related to the issues raised in the exhibition Art in Art. The screenings take place on Fridays at 9 pm under the arches at MOCAK, from 7 to 25 August.

Kraków Live Festival 2017

As part of this year's collaboration between MOCAK and Kraków Live Festival, festival attendees will be able to visit all exhibitions free of charge.

Summer Cinema at MOCAK. Pina

Throughout the summer holidays, you are welcome to our evening cinema show to see films related to the issues raised in the exhibition Art in Art. The screenings take place on Fridays at 9 pm under the arches at MOCAK, from 7 to 25 August.

Summer Cinema at MOCAK. Suprise screening

Throughout the summer holidays, you are welcome to our evening cinema show to see films related to the issues raised in the exhibition Art in Art. The screenings take place on Fridays at 9 pm under the arches at MOCAK, from 7 to 25 August.

A Philosophical Encounter in Kino Pod Baranami: The Square

On Tuesday 12 September at 8 pm, Kino Pod Baranami and MOCAK the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow invite you to the first Philosophical Film Encounter of the season: The Square.

Układanie wolności (Building Freedom) – a pre-release screening of the film. Meet the protagonist Anda Rottenberg

On Thursday 4 September at 6 pm you are invited to the pre-realease showing of the film Układanie wolności (Building Freedom) about Anda Rottenberg, directed by Róża Fabjanowska and Sławomir Malcharek. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the protagonist and the directors.

A Special Event. Day of German Unity

On 3 October at 6 pm we invite the residents of Krakow to a celebration of the Day of German Unity.

Poetry and Art on the Brink of Nazism

Joachim Ringelnatz (1883–1934) is one of the classics of German poetry. Snippets of his humorous verse that distances itself from the reality are still popular today as topical aphorisms. In Cuxhaven, a town with close links to the poet, there is the Ringelnatz Museum. Ringelnatz was also a painter; his paintings, however, have not been very well known.

Exhibition opening

On 19th October at 6 pm we would like to invite you to the opening of the following exhibitions!

Artists from Krakow: The Generation 1970–1979

Artists from Krakow: Generation 1970–1979 is the second in our biennial series, in which we show the most important trends in Krakow’s contemporary art. The artists presented in the current exhibition graduated at the turn of the 20th century. The majority are familiar on the international art circuit and some are lecturers at art academies.

Nonsense Technologies

Since 2015, Przemysław Jasielski and Rainer Prohaska have been working on their concept of ‘nonsense technologies’; in joint exhibitions, they have shown their works which ironically combine art and sciences. At MOCAK, we will be showing interactive objects and installations from 2009–2017.

New Trends in Art

In the history of Polish art, Leon Chwistek has made his name as a trend setter. He was a philosopher and logician but he was also fascinated by the avant-garde tension of his time. Endowed with considerable intellectual and artistic potential, he saw it as his duty to influence the shape of the changes to come. First, he became involved in the formist movement, becoming its intellectual spokesman.

Lagertheater

Between 1939 and 1945, in concentration camps and POW camps there was theatre. Much has been written about the artistic activities of the prisoners in such camps but we do not have much information about performative creativity. The present exhibition provides the first-ever opportunity to take a close look at theatrical activity in the camps.

Play on Meanings

The exhibition has been devised by Jarosław Kozłowski. Professor invited his ex-students to show their works at the Re Gallery.

International Art Hang-Out at MOCAK – 3rd Edition

On Sunday, 12 November at 3 pm youth and adults are welcome to attend a session in English. The participants will familiarise themselves with the exhibition Artists from Krakow: The Generation 1970–1979 and take part in art workshops.

Meet the Artist: Shahar Marcus

Shahar Marcus’s works The Boxer and The Curator can be found in the MOCAK Collection. The artist will be talking about his life and art as well as present fragments of his most acclaimed performances and video works.

Thursdays with the Collection

Thursdays with the Collection is a long-term project: each Thursday selected video works from the MOCAK Collection are shown in the Museum’s audiovisual hall.

Tuesdays with the Collection: Józef Robakowski

Tuesdays with the Collection is a two-year-long project: each Tuesday – the day on which the entry to the Museum is free – selected video works from the MOCAK Collection will be shown in the audiovisual room. Currently, our Collection comprised 161 video works, of which at least half have never been shown during the exhibitions of the Collection.

Tuesdays with the Collection: Wojciech Bruszewski

In February, as part of the project Tuesdays with the Collection, we present the director’s choice Ten Works – films of Wojciech Bruszewski: YYAA, Text-Door, Video Touch 7, Video Touch 5, Video Touch 1, Tea Spoon, Matchbox, Video Touch 8, Input – Output, Outside from 1973–1977.

Smog Free Project in MOCAK

On 16 February at 6 pm, all are invited to the MOCAK audio-visual hall for a lecture by Daan Roosegaarde.

Guided tours of Mieczysław Porębski’s Library

On the days that the Library is open (Tuesday – Saturday), you are welcome to come and join a guided tour of Mieczysław Porębski’s Library.

International Art Hang-out at MOCAK – vol. IV

On Saturday 3 March at 3 pm, all young people and adults are invited to a session in the series International Art Hang-out at MOCAK.

Lecture and guided tour of the exhibition Joachim Ringelnatz's Poetry and Art on the Brink of Nazism

MOCAK and the Center for Persecuted Arts in Solingen invite you to the guided tour of the exhibition Joachim Ringelnatz: Poetry and Art on the Brink of Nazism, accompanied by a lecture by Jürgen Kaumkötter, who co-curated the exhibition.

Tuesdays with the Collection: Azorro

The March edition of the project Tuesdays with the Collection is devoted to 4 video works by the group Azorro, made in 2001–2002.

Tuesdays with the Collection: Omer Fast

In April, as part of Tuesdays with the Collection, we present Omer Fast’s Looking Pretty for God (After G.W.).

30th International Festival of Krakow Composers

MOCAK and the Krakow section of the Association of Polish Composers invite you to the concert taking place as part of the 30th International Festival of Krakow Composers.

Exhibitions opening

On 26th April at 6 pm we would like to invite you to the opening of the following exhibitions.

Figure and Design (MOCAK Collection)

The new exhibition of the MOCAK Collection presents sculptures and objects that the Museum has acquired in the last three years.

Motherland in Art

The key concept of ‘motherland’ has been undergoing a great and at times painful modernisation in today’s world.

MOCAK Collection: Polish Collection of Josef Kloppenborg

The new exhibition of the MOCAK Collection consists of two distinct and very different parts. The first one is Polish collection of Josef Kloppenborg. In the second part, we present the sculpture and objects that the Museum has acquired in the last three years.

In Search of the Total Drawing

At the exhibition we present drawings by Dietrich Helms (b. 1933) from 1954–2006. The earliest date back to when the artist was a student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg.

Elusive noise: unfolding the virtual (2014-2018)

The exhibition is part of the Krakow Photomonth 2018 Festival.

Extraction (2017-2018)

The exhibition is part of the Krakow Photomonth 2018 Festival.

And this is Poland: Motherland in the works of Andrzej Wajda

As part of the events accompanying the exhibition Motherland in Art you are invited to MOCAK for a special showing of films by Andrzej Wajda.

Global alt-right versus Poland – discussion

On Wednesday 16 May at 6 pm, we invite you to join the panel discussion on the topic of alt-right. The event accompanies the exhibition Motherland in Art.

Everything Is Art: Everything Is Political. A special showing of the film Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

On Thursday 17 May at 6 pm you are invited to a screening of the film Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry directed by Alison Klayman.

Night of Museums at MOCAK

On Friday 18 May you are invited to MOCAK for the Night of Museums. The visitors will be able to view all the exhibitions free of charge.

Why Fatherland and not Motherland? Panel discussion

On Wednesday 30 May, you are invited to MOCAK to a panel discussion dedicated to the concept of motherland seen from a feminine perspective.

The New History in Art: MOCAK Collection in Vilnius

During 7–10 June the International Contemporary Art Fair ArtVilnius’18 will take place in the capital of Lithuania – the largest such event in the Baltic countries.

The New History in Art: MOCAK Collection in Vilnius

During 7–10 June the International Contemporary Art Fair ArtVilnius’18 will take place in the capital of Lithuania – the largest such event in the Baltic countries.

Toys that help: Making educational toys together

It is our pleasure to invite you to the first edition of our new workshop, during which we will discuss the educational potential of toys.

Think tank Polska – meet Rafał Matyja, author of the book Emergency Exit: A change in political imagination

On Thursday, 21 June, at 6 pm, MOCAK and Karakter Publishing House would like to invite you to meet Rafał Matyja talking about his latest book, Emergency Exit: A change in political imagination.

Opening

MOCAK invites you to the opening of the three exhibitions.

Summer Cinema at MOCAK: Dheepan

From 29 June to 31 August you are invited to evening film screenings related to the exhibition Motherland in Art. The shows take place on Fridays in the MOCAK arcades.

To the Absolute through the Abstract

Today, the works of Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart can be found in the most important museum collections throughout the world, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Tate Modern in London and the Pompidou Centre in Paris. In the Museum in Wiesbaden there is an archive devoted to the artist and it is there that the largest institutional collection of Vordemberge-Gildewart’s works can be found. 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

Each year, the course funded by the grant from the Vordemberge-Gildewart Foundation in Switzerland takes place in different countries. In 2011 MOCAK organised its first Polish edition, with the participation of 15 artists. Their works were presented in the exhibition Award of the Vordemberge-Gildewart Foundation. From amongst them, the international jury, appointed by the Foundation’s Council, selected three winners: the first prize (20 000 Swiss francs) went to Anna Okrasko, and two distinctions (of 10 000 Swiss francs each) – to Róża Litwa and Jan Dziaczkowski.

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 (Vilniaus dailės akademija). The objects, installations and films on display were created during 2014–2018 under the guidance of Deimantas Narkevičius. Their formal and thematic diversity results from the teaching methods used and the approach to art.

Around the world: Intergenerational workshop

On Sunday, 1 July, at 12 noon, we invite you to the intergenerational workshop Around the World.

Summer Cinema at MOCAK: Tangerines

From 29 June to 31 August you are invited to evening film screenings related to the exhibition Motherland in Art. The shows take place on Fridays in the MOCAK arcades.

Summer Cinema at MOCAK: Incendies

From 29 June to 31 August you are invited to evening film screenings related to the exhibition Motherland in Art. The shows take place on Fridays in the MOCAK arcades.

Jazz Night: Saksofonarium

On Saturday, 14th July at 8 pm we would like to invite you to the MOCAK arcades to the concert of the only female saxophone quartet in Poland. The event will be a part of this year's Jazz Night.

Summer Cinema at MOCAK: Sieranevada

From 29 June to 31 August you are invited to evening film screenings related to the exhibition Motherland in Art. The shows take place on Fridays in the MOCAK arcades.

Stop at the Beach

On Saturday, 21st July between 11 am and 3 pm we would like to invite you to a Day with Art – the first facet of educational and artistic activities as part of the Management of Urban Greenery's campaign PrzyStań na plaży (Stop at the beach).

Tuesdays with the Collection: Łukasz Surowiec

The summer edition of the series Tuesdays with the Collection is devoted to the work Berlin-Birkenau (2012) by Łukasz Surowiec.

Summer Cinema at MOCAK: Pride

From 29 June to 31 August you are invited to evening film screenings related to the exhibition Motherland in Art. The shows take place on Fridays in the MOCAK arcades.

Wzornik: Workshops for the youth and adults

On 27th and 28th July two-day activities from the series Wzornik dedicated to the youth and adults will take place. The activities will accompany the exhibition Motherland in Art.

Second Life of a Book

On Sunday, 29 July, visit the summer edition of Second Life of a Book, organised in collaboration with the Krakow Festival Office.

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.

reCYCLING – Anti-smog Bike Action

On 4 August take part in the Anti-smog Bike Action reCycling – an interdisciplinary MOCAK project aimed at raising awareness of the impact we have on the ecology and aesthetics of our city.

Japanese Calligraphy for Beginners - Workshop

On Tuesday 7 August at 4 pm, come to the Japanese Calligraphy workshop ran by Mayumi Shimizu.

Summer Cinema at MOCAK: American Honey

From 29 June to 31 August you are invited to evening film screenings related to the exhibition Motherland in Art. The shows take place on Fridays in the MOCAK arcades.

International Art Hang-Out at MOCAK – vol. V

On 11 August, young people and adults are invited to the workshop from the series International Art Hang-out at MOCAK, in connection with the exhibition Motherland in Art.

French-language guided tour of the MOCAK Collection

In addition to the guided tour in Polish and English, a French visit will be available on 14 August at 5 pm.

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.

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.

Summer Cinema at MOCAK: The Immigrant

From 29 June to 31 August you are invited to evening film screenings related to the exhibition Motherland in Art. The shows take place on Fridays in the MOCAK arcades.

Summer Cinema at MOCAK: Graduation

From 29 June to 31 August you are invited to evening film screenings related to the exhibition Motherland in Art. The shows take place on Fridays in the MOCAK arcades.

Stop at the Beach 2

On Saturday 25 August, 11 am – 3 pm you are invited to visit the beach on the Vistula, Bulwar Kurlandzki for the Day with Artists’ Books – the second edition of the educational and artistic activity as part of the action organised by the Green Areas Municipal Management in Krakow.

Summer Cinema at MOCAK: Demon

From 29 June to 31 August you are invited to evening film screenings related to the exhibition Motherland in Art. The shows take place on Fridays in the MOCAK arcades.

Guided tour of the MOCAK Collection in English

On Tuesday 4 September at 5 pm, come to the guided tour of the MOCAK Collection in English.

Witkacy: The Genius Troublemaker

Witkacy started on his creative path as a painter. Painting, however, was to disappoint him. He came to see it as a craft, and so he set up the Portrait Painting Company, and painted some 4 500 portraits, the majority of which perished by fire in Warsaw during the war. The idea behind Witkacy’s company and its rules were a forerunner of conceptualism. He next experimented with image through photography, a medium in which he could see fully his wild, unbridled personality.

Kichka: Life Is a Cartoon screening in MOCAK

On 7 September at 9 pm we invite you to the Museum arcades for a special screening of the film Kichka: Life Is a Cartoon, a co-production of MOCAK and the Center of Persecuted Art in Solingen. Admission is free.

Film Fridays at MOCAK

Throughout your holidays, you are invited to join us at MOCAK for Film Fridays, which consist of film screenings of the On Art Film Festival and an outdoor summer cinema.

Workshop with Pepper the Robot

On 8 September 2018, 12 noon children are invited to meet Pepper the Robot.

Dictionary: Open workshop with the Syrian poet Kholoud Charaf

We would like to invite you to the first edition of the workshop run by przez Kholoud Charaf, a Syrian poet visiting Krakow on an ICORN grant.

Marina Gržinić. Necropolitics and the political dimensions of contemporary art

You are invited to a lecture by Professor Marina Gržinić which inaugurates the RESEARCH TANK of the Nośna Foundation and MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow.

Berlin depression. Meet Anda Rottenberg

MOCAK and Krytyka Polityczna have the pleasure of inviting you to a the launch of Anda Rottenberg’s book Berlińska depresja. Dziennik. (Berlin Depression: A Journal). She will be talking to Maria Anna Potocka, the director of MOCAK.

Active Reading: Imaginary Fred

On 22 September 2018 at midday, children aged 4 to 10 are invited with their families to attend active reading of the book Imaginary Fred by Eoin Colfer, about an imaginary friend, with illustrations by Oliver Jeffers.

Tuesdays with the Collection: Ewa Zarzycka

In September and October, as part of the project Tuesdays with the Collection, we present Ewa Zarzycka’s work Video Notebooks (2013).

Handy Art 2. Workshop with Oskar Dawicki

On Saturday, 29 September at 3 pm we invite you to workshop with Oskar Dawicki, inspired by the work The Tree of Knowledge. The session will be adapted to the needs of those blind and partially sighted. Non-visually impaired also very welcome.

Guided tour: the exhibition Motherland in Art

On Sunday, 30 September at 5 pm you are invited to a guided tour of the exhibition Motherland in Art. This is your last chance to see it!

Polish Cut-Outs

Polish Cut-Outs by Alicja Biała are an ever-expanding collection of over 40 collages. The biggest ones are compositions more than two metres long. The exhibition will feature both new cut-outs and those illustrating Marcin Świetlicki’s selection of poems Poland (A Collection of Patriotic Songs).

Culture without Barriers Festival at MOCAK

On the occasion of the 6th Warsaw Culture without Barriers Festival we invite children, young people and adults, including the disabled, to integrational workshops and educational classes.

Passed over in Silence: Meet Joanna Ostrowska

MOCAK and Marginesy Publishing invite you to the meeting with dr Joanna Ostrowska, dedicated to her book Passed over in Silence: Forced Sex Work during World War II. Discussion led by dr Roma Sendyka.

Caterina Preda. Art, State and Ideology under Communist Dictatorships in Eastern Europe

On Saturday 13 October at 6 pm, you are invited to a lecture by dr Caterina Preda – the second edition of the RESEARCH TANK project from Nośna Foundation and MOCAK.

From Independence to Contemporary Times: A City Game for the Whole Family

On 20th October at 11 am we invite you to take part in the final stage of the urban game From Independence to Contemporary Times: Direction Art!

Opening

MOCAK invites you to the opening of the seven new exhibitions.

Pop-Art After the Holocaust

Boris Lurie (1924–2008) was an American artist, who was born into a Jewish family in Leningrad (today Saint Petersburg). Lurie’s creative output encompassed many fields: he was a visual artist – creating paintings, installation and objects – as well as a writer and poet. His was art that was politically engaged and called for social action, art that was spontaneous, anarchic and therapeutic.

Karl Marx vs Moby Dick: An Analysis of Form and Demolition of Ideas

Moby Dick and Karl Marx dominate the creative output of Krzysztof M. Bednarski. The first is represented as a simple, smooth object that inspires thoughtful reflection. The other as a dishevelled head, which provokes discussion. Moby Dick symbolises a mirror that reveals the depravity of human nature. Marx symbolises the regard for human fate, a regard that has inspired political crimes. KMB employs both these objects in terms of both form and ideas.

Walking Wounded

Markus Muntean and Adi Rosenblum have been an artistic duo since 1992. They are known primarily as authors of monumental compositions – group scenes accompanied by quotations from literature. The protagonists of their paintings are young people whose figures have been repainted from photographic materials from the artists’ archives, magazines and the internet.

The Language of Flowers

For Akira Inumaru, nature is an inspiration and material. The artist uses flowers and dyes obtained from plants, and subjects them to the impact of the sun.

Crime?

The subject of the Mac Adams’ fascination and source of inspiration are situations which are both ambiguous and disturbing. He creates installations and photographs in which he manipulates the perception of viewers in such a way that they have the impression of watching a crime scene.

The Studio of Łukasz Skąpski

At the exhibition we show photographs, videos and objects by students and graduates of the Skąpski Studio of Photography and Artistic Strategies at the Academy of Art in Szczecin.

Having Fun with a Book from Portugal. Workshop for children / As oficinas para crianças

On Saturday 27th October at 11 am, children aged 4 to 8 and their accompanying adults are welcome to join the workshop inspired by the book Don’t Cross the Line! Isabel Minhós Martins, illustrated by Bernard P. Carvalho.

Polish Cut-Outs. Meet Alicja Biała

On Sunday 11 November at 4 pm, MOCAK the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow invites you to meet Alicja Biała.

Art Café. Open Discussion on Art

On Tuesday 13 November, from 5 pm until 7 pm, MOCAK, Collaborate Kraków oraz Sokrates Cafe Kraków would like to invite you to the new edition of Art Café.

Production The Infinite Trakl as part of the Austria Days 2018

On Wednesday, 14 November at 7 pm, MOCAK and the Austrian Consulate General in Krakow invite you to a performance directed by Paweł Zapendowski, The Infinite Trakl about the poet Georg Trakl.

Active Reading: What’s to Be Scared of Here?

On Saturday 17 November at 12 noon, we invite children under 10 years of age, together with their guardians, to actively read a book entitled What’s to Be Scared of Here?

Kichka: Life Is a Cartoon at the Warsaw Jewish Film Festival

The Warsaw premiere of the documentary Kichka: Life Is a Cartoon will take place during this year’s 16th Jewish Film Festival. The projection will take place on 17 November at 6.15 pm at Polin Museum, as part of the competition for documentary feature films.

Handy Art 2: Workshop with Krzysztof M. Bednarski

On Saturday 17 November at 3 pm, we invite you to a workshop with Krzysztof M. Bednarski inspired by the work Design for Wisława Szymborska Award (for a Fundation Named after the Poet) from the MOCAK Collection.

Open Day of Krakow Museums at MOCAK

As each year, we invite you to MOCAK for the Open Day of Krakow Museums. On Sunday, 18 November, throughout the day you can visit all exhibitions free of charge. The Museum will be open as usual from 11 am to 7 pm.

Krakow Fantasies. Meet Ryszard Horowitz

On Monday 19 November at 6 pm, we invite you to meet Ryszard Horowitz, an artist, acclaimed photographer and creator of metaphorical collages, as well as one of the youngest survivors on Schindler’s list from the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.

Emese Kürti. Disobedient: The Limits of Dissent in the Hungarian Experimental Art

On 24 November at 6 pm, you are invited to a lecture by dr Emese Kürti in the third edition of the RESEARCH TANK project from Nośna Foundation and MOCAK the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow.

Concert of Silesian String Quartet

On Thursday 29 November at 7 pm, come to the concert by the Silesian String Quartet at MOCAK, in building A exhibition space.

Handy Art 2: Stanisław Dróżdż, In-Between

On Tuesday 4 December at 5 pm, visit the workshop inspired by the work In-Between by Stanisław Dróżdż.

Here and Now in Poland. Meet Marcin Świetlicki and Ryszard Krynicki

On Wednesday 5 December at 6 pm, please come and meet Marcin Świetlicki and Ryszard Krynicki, in a session led by Anna Marchewka.

Let’s Make a Koala Disco!

Children aged 6–10 are welcome to the workshop inspired by the book Koala Disco, led by its author Aleksandra Cieślak.

Art Book Fair at MOCAK

During the weekend 8–9 December 2018 the first edition of the Art Book Fair will take place in MOCAK.

Active Reading: The Incredible Book Eating Boy

On Sunday 9 December at 11 children under 10 are invited with their accompanying adults to take part in activing reading of the book The Incredible Book Eating Boy, written and illustrated by Oliver Jeffers.

Last Day of the exhibition: Polish Cut-Outs by Alicja Biała

On 9 December at 6 pm you are invited to the last day of the exhibition Polish Cut-Outs. This will be the final opportunity to meet the artist and take part in the guided tour and the closing event of the Krakow edition of the action Poland – No Offence Taken.

Meet the Author: Archi-stories: How to Discover City Space?

On Thursday 13 December at 6 pm meet Radosław Gajda and Natalia Szcześniak, authors of the book Archi-stories: How to Discover City Space?

Having Fun with a Book. A workshop for children and teenagers

On Saturday, 12th January, MOCAK and Rebis Publishing would like to invite children aged 8–12 to a workshop inspired by David Hockney and Martin Gayford’s book A History of Pictures for Children.

Stanisław Wyspiański – the ‘creator’ of the 20th century. A lecture by Maria Anna Potocka

On Wednesday, 16 January, 6.00 pm, Maria Anna Potocka will give a lecture entitled Stanisław Wyspiański – the ‘creator’ of the 20th century.

Film screening: The Art of Boris Lurie

On Saturday, 26 January, we would like to invite you to our audiovisual room, where between 11 am and 7 pm we will be screening Rudij Bergmann’s film The Art of Boris Lurie.

The Shoah: A Polyphony of Voices. Panel discussion

On Sunday, 27th January, 6 pm, on the 74th anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz, we will hold a panel discussion on MOCAK’s latest publication, The Shoah: A Polyphony of Voices.

Tuesdays with the Collection: Lars Laumann

In November, December 2018 and January 2019, as part of the two-year-long project Tuesdays with the Collection, we present Lars Laumann’s work Shut up Child, This Ain’t Bingo.

Opera Rara at MOCAK

MOCAK and the Krakow Festival office would like to invite you to a theatrical performance directed by Krzysztof Garbaczewski, A Madrigal Opera, which will be given within MOCAK’s exhibition space as part of the Opera Rara Festival on 6, 8 and 10 February.

An Ingenious Psychoholic

The exhibition, curated by Maria Anna Potocka, will present works produced by Witkacy’s famous Portrait Company and series of the artist’s posed self-portraits.

Active Reading: Silly Drawing!

On Saturday 23 February at noon, we invite children up to 7 and their carers to come for the active reading of the book Silly Drawing! by Johanna Thydell.

Guided Tour with translation into Polish Sign Language

On Wednesday 27 February at 11 am, you are invited to the guided tour of the exhibition Walking Wounded, with simultaneous translation into Polish Sign Language.

Kichka: Life Is a Cartoon in Mechelen

On 4 March at the Filmhuis Mechelen there will take place a projection of the documentary Kichka: Life Is a Cartoon, produced by MOCAK and the Center for Persecuted Arts in Solingen.

Having Fun with a Book. Workshop for children and teenagers

On Sunday 10 March at 12 noon, MOCAK and Wydawnictwo Wolno publishers would like to invite children 8–12 to a workshop inspired by the book Jak ciężko być królem [How Hard It Is to Be the King], illustrated by Iwona Chmielewska, excerpts from King Matt the First by Janusz Korczak.

Im Heimweh ist ein blauer Saal

At the exhibition at the Center for Persecuted Arts in Solingen, co-organised by MOCAK, we will show 220 collages by Herta Müller. The presentation accompanies the premiere of the book Im Heimweh ist ein blauer Saal, published by Hanser-Verlag.

Art Café. Open Discussion on Art

On Tuesday 12 March, from 5 pm until 7 pm, Sokrates Cafe Krakow, Collaborate Krakow and MOCAK would like to invite you to the new edition of Art Café.

Music without Fanfare: Sinfonietta Cracovia

On Saturday 16 March, MOCAK and Sinfonietta Cracovia invite you to another concert from the series Music without Fanfare – Microtonality.

Guided tours of exhibitions in Ukrainian

On Sunday 17 March all are welcome to the guided tour in Ukrainian of the temporary exhibitions.

UJ Students’ Art Week

MOCAK together with the Students’ Council at the Jagiellonian University we would like to encourage students to visit the Museum on 19 – 24 March.

Active Reading: I Don’t Want to Be a Princess

On Saturday 23 March at 12 noon, we invite children aged 4–8 with their accompanying adults for the active reading of the book I Don’t Want to Be a Princess by Grzegorz Kasdepke.

See You Soon! Last day of guided tours of temporary exhibitions

On Sunday 24 March join the guided tour of the exhibitions that will end on that day: Karl Marx vs Moby Dick: Analysis of Form and Demolition of Ideas by Krzysztof M. Bednarski and Walking Wounded by the artistic duo Muntean/Rosenblum.

Thursdays with the Collection: Shahar Marcus

In February and March, as part of the Thursdays with the Collection project, we will be presenting Shahar Marcus’ work Homecoming Artist (Dresden).

Little Rebel Girls and Boys

On the last Saturday in March, children aged 3–9 lat and accompanying adults are invited for group book reading workshop in Mocak Library, organised by the action group Little Manifa.

Art of Storytelling #1. Marina Abramović, Walk Through Walls: A Memoir

MOCAK Library invites you to an event from the series Art of Storytelling. The book that we will be discussing is Walk Through Walls: A Memoir by Marina Abramović.

Active Reading: Edward and the Great Discovery

On Saturday 13 April at 12 we invite children under the age of 8 and their accompanying adults to join us in active reading of the book Edward and the Great Discovery written by Rebecca McRitchie.

Opening

On 25 April at 6 pm MOCAK invites you to the opening of the new exhibitions.

Nature in Art

At the exhibition Nature in Art we show contemporary works of more than 70 artists from many countries, in techniques ranging from painting, photography and video to object and installation. The exhibition has been divided into five parts: Beauty, Ecology, Confrontation, Matter and Symbol.

Violence and Memory

The exhibition presents archival photographic materials from the race and folklore sections as well as the landscape sections of the Institute of German Works in the East. (IDO), which are now to be found at the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology of the Jagiellonian University and in the Jagiellonian University Archives. The photographs created during World War II, mainly of the Podhale and Lemko highlanders, were incorporated into the symbolic form of the Carpathian iconostasis.

Concept-Shapes (MOCAK Collection)

Stanisław Dróżdż is one of the most significant representatives of Polish conceptual art and the most renowned Polish concrete poet. 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.

LEBENSMITTEL

The LEBENSMITTEL (Foodstuffs) photobook and exhibition project by the German photographer Michael Schmidt, born in Berlin in 1945, comprises 177 photographs, taken between 2006 and 2010, on twenty-six trips around Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, Austria, Italy, and Spain. The photographs were shot at feedlots and slaughterhouses, fish farms and commercial greenhouses, fruit farms and vegetable plantations, pasta factories and cheese dairies, as well as at various plants processing meat, potatoes, and insects.

Pompier, Muck, Socrococo

Artist Anna Orłowska, chose the Lenin Steelworks’ fortress-like administrative centre, popularly known as the ‘Doge’s Palace’, as the starting point for her exhibition. In addition to photographing of the ‘Doge’s Palace’, Orłowska took shots of the nineteenth-century manor house of painter Jan Matejko, located just a kilometre away. The physical proximity of these two buildings, constructed in eras so apparently mutually antithetical, became a point of departure for reflections on the intellectual and formal affinities between the art of Matejko – the greatest of Polish pompiers – and socialist realism.

Dorota Nieznalska gives a guided tour of her exhibition Violence and Memory

On Saturday 27 April at 5 pm Dorota Nieznalska will give a guided tour of her exhibition Violence and Memory.

Slow Art Day at MOCAK

On Saturday 27 April 2019 between 12 noon and 2 pm we invite you to take part in Slow Art Day at MOCAK.

European Funds Open Days: 6th edition

From Friday 10 May until Sunday 12 May, visit MOCAK for the 6th edition of the European Funds Open Days.

Dictionary: Open workshop with the Syrian poet Kholoud Charaf

On Saturday, 11 May, we would like to invite you to for the workshop run by Kholoud Charaf, a Syrian poet visiting Krakow on an ICORN grant.

Having Fun with a Book: Where Do We Go When We Disappear?

On Sunday 12 May at 12 noon, MOCAK and Wydawnictwo Kinderkulka publishers invite children aged 8 to 12 to workshops inspired by the book Where Do We Go When We Disappear?

Electronic Cocktail: Concert by the Studio of Electroacoustic Music

On Thursday 16 May at 8.30 pm, MOCAK and the Association of Polish Composers invite you to the concert by the Studio of Electroacoustic Music in Krakow entitled Electronic Cocktail.

Vote Together

Guests at the MOCAK Café had the opportunity to see Vote Together posters designed by Wolfgang Tillmans.

The Night of Museums at MOCAK

On Friday 17 May MOCAK and the Department of Culture and National Heritage of Krakow City Council invite you to the Night of Museums at MOCAK!

Art Café. Open Discussion on Art

On Tuesday 21 May 2019 between 5 pm and 7 pm, Sokrates Cafe Krakow, Collaborate Krakow and MOCAK would like to invite you to the new edition of Art Café.

A Green Room, A Green Corner: Lecture by Dr Piotr Klepacki

On Thursday 23 May 2019 at 6 pm you are invited to the lecture by Dr Piotr Klepacki, which accompanies the exhibition Nature in Art.

Anna Orłowska leads a guided tour of her exhibition Pompier, Muck, Socrococo

On Saturday 25 May 2019 at 11.30 am you are invited to Re Gallery in MOCAK. The artist Anna Orłowska will lead the guided tour of her exhibition Pompier, Muck, Socrococo.

Active Reading: Our Mother the Witch

On Saturday 25 May at 12 noon, children up to the age of 8 are invited to Active Reading of the book Nasza mama czarodziejka [Our Mother the Witch] by Joanna Papuzińska.

Art of Storytelling #2. Margaret Atwood, Cat’s Eye

MOCAK Library invites you to an event from the series Art of Storytelling. The book that we will be discussing is Cat’s Eye Margaret Atwood.

An Ingenious Psychoholic

The exhibition, curated by Maria Anna Potocka, will present works produced by Witkacy’s famous Portrait Company and series of the artist’s posed self-portraits.

Clinic

The materials presented in the exhibition come from the production Clinic by Łukasz Surowiec, staged in Poznań at the end of October 2016. His protagonists were incurable actively drinking alcoholics, mostly homeless, who – due to their life situation and administrative requirements – were unable to undertake effective therapy.

Artist in the Field of Art: MOCAK Collection in Vilnius

Between 30 May – 2 June 2019 there will take place the jubilee 10th edition of the International Fair of Contemporary ArtVilnius’19. It will be accompanied by a special exhibition programme, as part of which MOCAK – for the fourth time – will be presenting some of its collection.

Thursdays with the Collection: Leopold Kessler

As part of April and May Thursdays with the Collection, we present three works by Leopold Kessler: Budapest – Vienna Import (2006), Renovated (2003) and Repaired (2002).

Panel Discussion: books and self-publishing in Central and Eastern Europe

On Friday 31 May 2019, PAPERLUST Photobook Fest and MOCAK invite you to a discussion on the role of photography books and self-publishing in Central and Eastern Europe in the context of both socio-political changes and the transformation of the medium itself.

A Documented World? Film projection and discussion

On Saturday 1 June 2019, 6 pm, ZK Studio and MOCAK would like to invite you for the screening of Dobra zmiana (The Good Change), directed by Konrad Szołajski.

Janda, Lipska, Dzieciuchowicz, Potocka: Debate Women Bring Us Freedom

On Saturday 1 June 2019, 3 pm MOCAK and the monthly Kraków invite you to the debate Women Bring Us Freedom.

Workshop Nature in Art at the Garden Festival

As part of the 14th Garden Festival on Sunday, 2 June, at 2 pm MOCAK invites families with children up to 14 to a workshop related to our current exhibition Nature in Art.

Lecture by Thomas Weski

On Sunday 2 June at 4 pm MOCAK together with Krakow Photomonth would like to invite you to a talk by Thomas Weski, the curator of Michael Schmidt’s exhibition LEBENSMITTEL.

Łukasz Surowiec leads a guided tour of his exhibition Clinic

On Thursday 6 June at 5 pm you are invited to Alfa Gallery in MOCAK. The artist Łukasz Surowiec will lead the guided tour of his exhibition Clinic.

Neighbourhood Picnic. MOCAK at the Stacja Wisła park

On Saturday, 8 June, 11 am – 6 pm, at the Stacja Wisła Park in Zabłocie, MOCAK will be part of the programme of the Krakow Picnic.

Herta Müller at MOCAK

On Thursday, 27 June, 6.30 pm, we would like to invite you to join us in our audio-visual hall to meet Herta Müller, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature, who will be presenting her collages.

Curator guided tour of the exhibition Nature in Art

On Tuesday 11 June 2019, 5.30 pm you are invited to a guided tour of the exhibition Nature in Art with its co-curator Martyna Sobczyk.

Discussion: Museum Contexts

On Thursday 13 June 2019 at 6 pm we would like to invite you to the discussion Museum Contexts with the participation of Katarzyna Jagodzińska, Monika Murzyn-Kupisz and Maria Anna Potocka. Led by: Katarzyna Bik.

Active Reading: Little Gardeners in a Big City

On Saturday 15 June at 12 noon, children up to the age of 8 are invited to Active Reading of the book Mali ogrodnicy w wielkim mieście [Little Gardeners in a Big City] by Marta Kula-Ulatowska (Goldruk).

Art of Storytelling#3. Siri Hustvedt, The Blazing World

MOCAK Library invites you to an event from the series Art of Storytelling. The book that we will be discussing is The Blazing World Siri Hustvedt.

Memory of Culture: Between Dark Tourism and Trauma. Lecture by Dana Arieli and workshop led by the artist

On Tuesday 25 June at 6 pm at MOCAK there will take place a lecture and workshop led by Dana Arieli.

Ten Jews Who Made Poland Famous

The series of paintings by Beata Stankiewicz entitled Ten Jews Who Made Poland Famous is a deliberate reference to Andy Warhol’s series Ten Portraits of Jews of the 20th Century. Both series present figures whose fame and greatness mattered more than their ethnicity. Both artists suggest – with a certain dose of bitterness – that bias against Jews can only be tempered by their individual genius.

Where One Cannot Speak: Word as Image, Image as Word

At the exhibition we present dozens of the collages by the Laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature Herta Müller, which she created during 2005–2018. This is the first-ever presentation of these works in a museum of contemporary art.

Lodz Film School: The Young Generation

At the exhibition we will be showing the end-of-year etudes by first-year students of the Film and TV Directing Departmentat the Lodz Film School, produced in the documentary studio led by Grażyna Kędzielawska and Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz.

The Polish Phantom

In MOCAK Library, we present a selection of her photographs from the series The Polish Phantom. The exhibition comprises five parts (Warsaw, Nowa Huta, Krakow, Auschwitz, Kielce). Contemporary photographs document objects, spaces and places related to World War II and Polish People’s Republic.

Motion as the Stuff of Art (MOCAK Collection)

At the latest exhibition of the MOCAK Collection, we show selected objects and installations, in which motion plays a particular role. In all these works it functions as the device for instilling meaning and bringing coherence to the message. In this manner, motion has almost become an object. In keeping with Einstein’s theory, energy turns into matter.

Symbolic Design (MOCAK Collection)

Artists seek opportunities to practise art everywhere they can. They have found them, amongst others, in the field of architecture and design – disciplines traditionally governed by function. The designer’s creative inspiration follows the principle of utility. Contemporary artists employ the relationship between imagination and function in quite a contrary way. With some exceptions, they completely reject the practical function, instead dwelling on its symbolism. Objects appear deceptively practical, yet simultaneously do not yield themselves to practical use. This results in a conceptual play.

Summer Cinema at MOCAK: White God

From 5 July to 30 August you are invited to evening film screenings related to the exhibition Nature in Art. The shows take place on Fridays in the MOCAK arcades.

Active Reading: Pomelo Begins to Grow

On Saturday 6 July at 12 noon, children up to the age of 8 are invited to active reading of the book Pomelo rośnie [Pomelo Begins to Grow] by Ramona Bădescu, illustrated by Benjamin Chaud (Wydawnictwo Zakamarki).

Guided tour of exhibitions in Ukrainian

On Sunday 7 July all are welcome to the guided tour in Ukrainian of the new temporary exhibitions.

Dictionary. A film workshop with Anna Pichura

On Monday, 8 July, the MOCAK Library would like to invite teenagers and adults to the first of a series of three film workshops with artist Anna Pichura.

Summer Cinema at MOCAK: Ága

From 5 July to 30 August you are invited to evening film screenings related to the exhibition Nature in Art. The shows take place on Fridays in the MOCAK arcades.

Simply Art workshop. Mirosław Bałka

On Saturday, 13 July, we would like to invite you to a family workshop organised as part of the Simply Art project. We will be inspired by Mirosław Bałka’s art.

Jazz Night at MOCAK: Amalia Obrębowska Quartet

On Saturday, 13 July at 8 pm we would like to invite you to the MOCAK arcades to the concert of Amalia Obrębowska Quartet. The event will be a part of this year's Jazz Night.

Art of Storytelling #4. Zadie Smith, On Beauty

MOCAK Library invites you to an event from the series Art of Storytelling. The book that we will be discussing is On Beauty Zadie Smith.

MOCAK Bus in Lanckorona

On Sunday 14 at 4 pm you are invited to the official launch of the project The Museum for You – a mobile exhibition of contemporary art on display in the MOCAK Bus! It will take place on the Main Square of Lanckorona as part of the Terra Artis Festival (14–21 July). The event will kick off our grand tour of Małopolska!

The Museum for You

Since not everybody is in a position to visit the Museum, we have decide to organise a Visiting Collection. We have turned a bus into an exhibition room. We have also used the external body of the bus as exhibition space. The Visiting Collection presents 23 international artists

Summer Cinema at MOCAK: The Salt of the Earth

From 5 July to 30 August you are invited to evening film screenings related to the exhibition Nature in Art. The shows take place on Fridays in the MOCAK arcades.

Summer Cinema at MOCAK: Tanna

From 5 July to 30 August you are invited to evening film screenings related to the exhibition Nature in Art. The shows take place on Fridays in the MOCAK arcades.

Second Life of a Book

On Sunday 28 July at 3 pm, we would like to invite you to the event The Second Life of a Book, organised in collaboration with the Krakow Festival Office.

Summer Cinema at MOCAK: Grizzly Man

From 5 July to 30 August you are invited to evening film screenings related to the exhibition Nature in Art. The shows take place on Fridays in the MOCAK arcades.

Art of Storytelling #5, Herta Müller: Where One Cannot Speak: Word as Image, Image as Word

MOCAK Library invites you to an event from the series Art of Storytelling. We will be talking about the collection of collages by Herta Müller entitled Where One Cannot Speak: Word as Image, Image as Word (MOCAK, Kraków 2019).

Simply Art workshop. Marian Szulc

On Saturday 3 August 12 noon, we would like to invite you to a family workshop organised as part of the Simply Art project. We will be inspired by Marian Szulc’s art.

Guided tours in Russian of exhibitions at MOCAK | экскурсия на русском языке по выставкам MOCAKа

On Sunday 4 August all are welcome to the guided tour in Russian. We will be talking about the prevailing trends in contemporary art using examples from the exhibitions at the Museum.

Summer Cinema at MOCAK: Kon-Tiki

From 5 July to 30 August you are invited to evening film screenings related to the exhibition Nature in Art. The shows take place on Fridays in the MOCAK arcades.

MOCAK at Krakow Picnic

On Saturday 10 August from 11 am until 5 pm we would like to invite you to Bednarski Park, where MOCAK will take part in organising the Krakow Picnic.

Summer Cinema at MOCAK: Tomorrow

From 5 July to 30 August you are invited to evening film screenings related to the exhibition Nature in Art. The shows take place on Fridays in the MOCAK arcades.