On 12 March 2026, the gallery of the Polish Institute in Berlin will transform into a Transsanatorium, hosting a new edition of the exhibition “A Brief Vacation / Ein kurzer Urlaub”. The project was first presented at the Polish Pavilion at the Triennale di Milano in 2025. The Berlin presentation goes beyond a simple adaptation of the exhibition for a new venue.
Poland and France are set to mark a pivotal moment in their shared cultural history with the Poland–France Season, coming in 2027. The first initiative of its kind to run simultaneously in both countries, the season will bring together artists, institutions and audiences across borders in a programme still taking shape – one that promises to be as bold and surprising as the partnership behind it.
On March 11, the Polish Pavilion will open in Valletta as part of the second edition of Mal-ta Biennale. Poland will be represented by Weronika Zalewska’s project Archive of Hesita-tions – a video installation curated by Ada Piekarska. The project examines how knowledge, memory, and political imagination are shaped in an era of continuous 24/7 information flow. The exhibition will run until May 29, 2026.
On 28 February 2026, Kunstmuseum Luzern will open Switzerland’s first comprehensive retrospective of Maria Pinińska-Bereś the pioneering Polish feminist artist.
The most important works by Yuriko Sasaoka from recent years will be presented at her solo exhibition at the Shiga Prefectural Museum of Art. The exhibition “Paradise Dungeon”, opening on 17 January 2026, will feature both the artist’s early works – made available to the public for the first time – and a completely new, large-scale installation.
The first-ever bilateral Poland-Romania and Romania-Poland Cultural Season 2024-2025 was a groundbreaking initiative in relations between the two countries.
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.
