The largest-ever programme of cultural cooperation between Poland and Great Britain, UK/Poland Season 2025, is coming to an end. In 2025, Poland and the UK spoke with one voice: the voice of art, innovation, and mutual curiosity. The programme, which included more than 500 events in the fields of film, theatre, visual arts, design, and music, opened a completely new chapter in the two countries’ relations.
Adam Mickiewicz Institute is pleased to announce that Weronika Zalewska will be representing Poland at the second edition of the Malta Biennale. Her video installation, Archive of Hesitations, curated by Ada Piekarska, will be presented in the Polish Pavilion from 11 March to 29 May 2026 in Fort St Elmo, Valletta.
The work of Magdalena Abakanowicz returns to Paris after more than 40 years. On 20 November 2025, the Musée Bourdelle will open the first major solo exhibition of the artist, titled “La trame de l'existence” / “The Thread of Existance”, restoring her rightful place among the great sculptors of the 20th century.
On 30 November 2025, the grand finale of the first ever Poland–Romania Cultural Season 2024–2025, which has lasted almost two years, will take place. One of the biggest stars of the Romanian music scene, the band Subcarpați, will perform in Bucharest, accompanied by the Polish–Ukrainian group Dagadana.
Conductor Marta Gardolińska, organist Karol Mossakowski, double bassist Krzysztof Firlus, harpsichordist Marcin Świątkiewicz, and the orchestras Arte dei Suonatori, Equilibrium String Quartet, Cohaere Ensemble, and Wrocław Baroque Ensemble – these are the Polish artists whose virtuoso performances of masterpieces by Polish and international composers will be heard in Lyon.
Starting from November 4, the exhibition “Planetary Consciousness. Ecosystems of Care” is open in Manchester at the School of Digital Arts (SODA). The project promotes contemporary Polish digital art and showcases how artists from Poland and Ukraine use new media and technologies to explore the theme of care for the planet. The exhibition is a part of the UK/Poland Season 2025.
Najciekawsze nazwiska współczesnej polskiej fotografii na Paris Photo – jednym z najważniejszych światowych wydarzeń poświęconych fotografii artystycznej. W dniach 13–16 listopada w Grand Palais w Paryżu zaprezentowane zostaną prace m.in. Joanny Rajkowskiej, Diany Lelonek, Zuzanny Janin, Weroniki Gęsickiej, Anety Grzeszykowskiej, Marty Zgierskiej, Marii Michałowskiej, Wojciecha Plewińskiego czy Zofii Rydet.
Joanna Hawrot’s textiles, Angelika Markul’s sculptures, Zuza Krajewska’s photographs, and Ramona Nagabczyńska’s performance together make up the “Visible Futures” exhibition, which will be on display at the historic gallery spaces of Maison Markul in Paris from 24 to 26 October 2025.
The Adam Mickiewicz Institute connects Polish culture with people around the world. It fosters lasting interest in Polish culture and art, strengthens the presence of Polish artists on the global stage, initiates innovative projects, and supports international collaboration and cultural exchange.
Poland, not Transylvania, is the homeland of the first vampires – as Łukasz Kozak proves in his book “With Stake and Spade”. It was this anthology of folk beliefs and historical sources that inspired the Copenhagen-based studio Those Eyes to create the video game Real Vampires. The premiere of Real Vampires will take place – not coincidentally – on Halloween, 31 October 2025.
