Polana Institute

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Polana Institute

The Polana Institute combines the functions of an art institution, gallery and educational and resea

The Polana Institute combines the functions of an art institution, gallery and educational and research faculty.

20/08/2026

🔥We’re delighted to announce that two paintings by Magdalena Karpińska, “Music for a Panic Attack” and “Marshmallow,” have joined the collection of the ING Polish Art Foundation.

🕷️Both works were presented as part of Karpińska’s solo exhibition “Music for a Panic Attack” at the Polana Institute (Feb 21–Mar28, 2026), an intimate reflection bringing two profoundly different experiences of loss and new beginnings into dialogue.

The painting “Marshmallow” is now on view at the 1. Floor Gallery located next to Przelew Café in the Plac Unii building in Warsaw, PL.

💥We’re pleased to see these works become part of the ING Polish Art Foundation Collection!

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📸 Images 1-6: Courtesy of the ING Polish Art Foundation, phot. Joanna Wierzbicka

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Magdalena Karpińska Fundacja Sztuki Polskiej ING

02/08/2026

Introducing — a new series of conversations with the artists represented by and connected to the gallery. Through these interviews, we explore their practices, ideas, inspirations, and the questions that shape their work. ✨

To launch the series, we’re delighted to feature Irini Karayannopoulou—a visual artist and filmmaker based in Athens, Greece. Her multidisciplinary practice spans painting, collage, drawing, artists’ editions, curatorial projects, and moving image. She is the editor of “JANUS Femzine,” co-founder of the artist duo “Extra-Conjugale,” and co-pilot of “Twin Automat Films.” 💙

In this first conversation, we focus on one of the central themes of her practice: self-portraiture. What does it mean to her, and why does it occupy such a significant place in her work? We also talk about the beginning of her interest in self-portraiture and what has been inspiring her lately. 🔮

Swipe left to read the whole story ⬅️

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Interviewer: Sebastian Kańczurzewski
Interviewee: Irini Karayannopoulou

📸 Image 1: Courtesy Chloe Akrithaki
📸 Image 2: Courtesy of the Artist
🎨 Image 4: Courtesy of the Artist and Maïa Muller Gallery
🎨 Images 5, 13-14, 18: Courtesy of the Artist and Polana Institute
🎨 Images 7-8, 10: Courtesy Florika Kyriakopoulos Collection
📸 Image 16: Exhibition views, Irini Karayannopoulou: Life on Venus, Mar 19 — Apr 2, 2022, Polana Institute, Warsaw, PL | Photos: Jędrzej Sokołowski
🎨 Image 17: Courtesy of the Artist

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Irini Karayannopoulou Sebastian Kańczurzewski Galerie Maia Muller FKPCOLLECTION Jedrzej Sokolowski Twin Automat

30/07/2026

A postcard from Bielefeld 🌞 Julia Platt studio visit at Artists Unlimited 🐇

As the 119th guest artist of Artist Unlimited, Julia Platt is presenting the works she created in Bielefeld at the end of her three-month residency.

This series of intimate oil paintings explores the experience of navigating unfamiliar surroundings while searching for moments of comfort, connection, and belonging. Through quite observations of everyday life, the works reveal how a temporary place can gradually begin to feel like home, how it can transform both perception and artistic process.

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🌸 Discover the exhibition: Julia Platt 🌸
~ Das Befinded ~
solo show at the Guest Studio Artists Unlimited at August-Bebel-Straße 94, Bielefeld, DE
🌼 August 7—16, 2026 🌼

Opening: Friday, August 7, 2026, 7 pm

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📸 Images 1-9: Phot. Luca Finkl

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Julia Platt Artists Unlimited lucafinkl

23/07/2026

💥 Opening next week: Patryk Różycki x Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej w Warszawie

A display of works by Patryk Różycki accompanies the “Edward Dwurnik. Shame and Pride” exhibition. Titled “Transformation,” it showcases a selection of paintings created between 2021 and 2024, dealing with the artist’s childhood and adolescence in the countryside—marked by socio-economic exclusion amid Poland’s transition of the 1990s.

🔌 Patryk Różycki 🔌
~ Transformation ~
Artistic Intervention Accompanying ~ Edward Dwurnik. Shame and Pride ~ exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw curated by Łukasz Ronduda
🚬 July 31 — October 11, 2026 🚬

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🎨 Image 1: Patryk Różycki, Brother Roland Working as an Electrician, Repairing an Intercom, 2024, oil on canvas, 50 x 40 cm
🎨 Image 2: Patryk Różycki, Mom Giving her Wedding Rungs to a Pawn Shop to Have Money for Bills and Food, 2022, oil on canvas, 100 x 130 cm
🎨 Image 3: Patryk Różycki, Dad Emptying the Septic Tank with a Bucket, 2023, oil on canvas, 60 x 50 cm
🎨 Image 4: Patryk Różycki, My Brother Roland Posing for a Casting Photo for Big Brother, 2023, oil on canvas, 140 x 100 cm
🎨 Image 5: Patryk Różycki, I asked my brother’s friend to put out a cigarette on my hand, I believed that I could tell myself that I would not feel pain, I did not, I was 6 years old at the time, 2023, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 cm
🎨 Image 6: TW, Su***de / Patryk Różycki, Flasiński hanged himself, he was 19, my brother told me, 2023, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 cm

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Patryk Różycki Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej w Warszawie

21/07/2026

🌈 Paulina Włostowska, Untitled, 2026, oil and sand on canvas, 40 x 60 cm

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14/07/2026

🧵On view: Dominika Kowynia🧵
~ ‘Within the Circle’ of Works from the Eliza Łoś-Strychowska Collection ~
a group show at BWA Art Gallery in Wałbrzych curated by Anna Fronckiewicz-Spodnik
🪡 May 29 — August 30, 2026🪡

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🎨 Dominika Kowynia, Animals She Houses, 2022, oil on canvas, 150 x 120 cm

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.empowerart BWA_Walbrzych

11/07/2026

🏹 On view: Mikołaj Sobczak 🏹
~ House of Nisaba. New Stories of Painting ~
a group show curated by Hendrik Folkerts at Moderna Museet, Stockholm, SE
👼🏼 May 13 — August 8, 2026 👼🏼

“House of Nisaba: New Stories of Painting” at Moderna Museet invites viewers to explore how painting continues to evolve as a medium for storytelling.

🐦‍🔥 Figurative painting is experiencing a remarkable resurgence, with a new generation of artists redefining what painting can communicate today. Drawing inspiration from mythology and history alongside fashion, mysticism, astrology, cinema, social media, and science fiction, they create rich visual languages that reflect the complexity of contemporary life.

🔅Named after Nisaba, the ancient Mesopotamian goddess who became associated with writing and storytelling, the exhibition reimagines her as a symbolic patron of today’s painters. Through their works, the artists present new narratives that connect the past with the present and imagine new possibilities for the future.

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📸 Image 1: Installation view. House of Nisaba: New Stories of Painting. Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet
📸 Image 2: Mikołaj Sobczak, Parole, Parole, Parole, 2026 © Mikołaj Sobczak 2026 Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet
📸 Images 3–5: Mikołaj Sobczak, Parole, Parole, Parole, 2026 © Mikołaj Sobczak 2026 Photo: Patrick Zier. Courtesy of the artist and Capitain Petzel, Berlin

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Moderna Museet

07/07/2026

🎀 On view: Hanna Krzysztofiak 🎀
~ ‘Within the Circle’ of Works from the Eliza Łoś-Strychowska Collection ~
group show at BWA Art Gallery in Wałbrzych
🦶🏻May 29 — August 30, 2026🦶🏻

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👹 Hanna Krzysztofiak, Devil, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 185 x 180 cm
🐶 Hanna Krzysztofiak, In the Fragrant Meadow, 2020, acrylic and gouache on canvas, 200 x 175 cm

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Hanna Krzysztofiak .empowerart BWA_Walbrzych

04/07/2026

🪏On view: Patryk Różycki🪏
~ All the Diamonds ~
group show at Krupa Art Foundation, Wrocław, PL
🚜 May 15 — July 5, 2026 🚜

🎨 Patryk Różycki, Dad Experiencing Violence from His Father for the First Time In His Life, 2023, oil on canvas, 160 x 100 cm

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📸 Images 1–4: Exhibition views, All the Diamonds, Krupa Art Foundation, Wrocław, PL, Phot. Alicja Kielan

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Patryk Różycki Krupa Art Foundation Alicja Kielan

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