BWA Wrocław
Four galleries of contemporary art in the very centre of Wrocław, connected by a program and an idea. We present art and design in their new, sometimes surprising, manifestations. BWA Wrocław exhibitions, events and publications often take the form of socially engaged art. Our galleries and Żyjnia – a city health resort in Świdnicka Street – function as the so-called third place. One may visit them regardless of the events taking place, bring a dog, relax and have some drinking water. It feels like home with us.
Expedition to the 17th Meridian
Expedition to the 17th Meridian encompasses the next stage of work on the new headquarters of BWA Wrocław Galleries of Contemporary Art, currently envisioned for Kolejowa Street. Come the middle of October, SIC! gallery will be transformed into an art research studio with a focus on the materials being used in the headquarter’s interior, and a space for presenting the results of […]
Voices from Ukraine. Landscapes
The Landscapes exhibition is part of the Voices from Ukraine project. Alongside its two sister shows—in Lublin’s Labirynt and BWA Zielona Góra galleries—it presents Ukrainian artists’ creative attitudes towards the Russian invasion. It is not a coincidence that the exhibition is showcased in the BWA Wrocław Główny gallery, a venue within the city’s main train station building. It was where people fleeing […]
Inheritance
Inheritance is an exhibition for those who like to play with intertextuality. An ironic game toying with audience habits and the conventions of bourgeois art. An exhibition created out of rags, broken furniture, coupon leaflets mashed to a grayish pulp, and scrap metal that even the junkman passed up. I Am a Victim of My Own Success “Je suis victime de mon succès,” Roland Topor, the French writer, artist, and masterful black humorist, […]
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