Playing with Kantor is an artistic and research project that has been carried out at Cricoteka since 2018 – and since 2023, in the form of a festival. The project explores the reception of Tadeusz Kantor’s work and presents it as a living source of inspiration for new generations of experimental artists from around the […]
Cricoteka presents a new collection exhibition, Kantor. Vision Therapy. Alongside works and unique archival materials related to Tadeusz Kantor’s art, the exhibition features works by an international group of artists: Alexandra Bachzetsis in collaboration with Julia Born, Aneta Grzeszykowska, Marysia Lewandowska, Nikita Kadan, Goshka Macuga, Christoph Schlingensief, the “List” 2020 collective, and Gisèle Vienne. Artists: […]
Artist: Philippe Quesne Artistic Collaboration: Élodie Dauguet Opening: 18 November 2026, 6:00 pm Exhibition Dates: 19 November 2026 – 28 February 2027 Venue: Cricoteka, 2–4 Nadwiślańska Street, Kraków Co-organiser: Helena Modrzejewska National Stary Theatre in Kraków About the Exhibition Program About the Artist Accessibility Additional Information Ghosts and Landscapes – About the Exhibition Philippe Quesne […]
“Playing with Kantor” is an artistic and research project that has been running since 2018 – and since 2023 as a festival. In it, we analyse the reception of Tadeusz Kantor’s work and present it as a living source of inspiration for successive generations of experimental artists from around the world. “Playing with Kantor” shows […]
AN OPEN CALL TO ARTISTS, ANIMATORS, PERFORMERS, EDUCATORS, AND RESEARCHERS. A call for program proposals for the Play for adults. On freedom practices in culture conference organized by the Cricoteka, the Małopolska Region Institute of Culture in Kraków, and the A Sztuka? Foundation. The conference will be held on 16 and 17 November 2026 at […]
Listen to Cricoteka! RESONANCES is a series inviting visitors to explore the interiors of Cricoteka through sound. Through four sound installations created specifically for selected spaces within this unique building, we encourage audiences to experience space in a different, non-visual way. Moving beyond dark concert halls and abandoning the traditional division between stage and audience, […]
”Wild Frolics. Exhibition for All” has been shortlisted for the Children in Museums Award 2026 The Children in Museums Award 2026 is an initiative that celebrates and recognizes outstanding contributions to engaging children in the museum experience. This prestigious award aims to honour institutions and individuals who have demonstrated exceptional commitment and creativity in making […]
The Cricoteka and the A Sztuka? Foundation are pleased to announce Wild Frolics. Exhibition for All. Wild Frolics is a space for actively experiencing art and activity: testing, moving, and launching space through one’s own actions. It is an invitation to both children and adults to create things together in movement and in a relation, […]
Do Poland and Romania share common spectres of the past? We will reflect on this question in October. The festival, curated by the renowned Romanian theatre scholar and critic Cristina Modreanu, will showcase the two-way fascinations running between Romanian theatre and Kantor’s art. On the one hand, it aims to present the reception of the […]
A dance performance, carried by the wind, transcending generational, territorial, and artistic boundaries, created by choreographer and performer Monika Szpunar. HOLD ONTO THE WIND was developed in collaboration with international and interdisciplinary artists, as well as senior individuals encountered during a series of creative workshops. The performance is inspired by a saying from Monika’s dear […]
Tadeusz Kantor (1915-1990) was one of the most important Polish artists, with a significant contribution to the revolutionizing of both Polish and global theater, as well as a remarkable avant-garde activity in the field of visual arts. The exhibition highlights the versatility and complexity of this artist by showcasing the main directions he pursued as director, […]
Czas trwania 26.02 – 4. 05. 2025 Galeria Photos ‘It is a symbol of my respect for this artist, painter, sculptor, man of the theatre and genius who created such unique and excellent works. Kantor initiated a new form of theatre, brilliant and surprising,’ said Dani Karavan on the occasion of his exhibition “Makom. The […]
A visionary. A total artist. A revolutionary of the theatre. The most international of Polish artists and the most Polish of international artists. One of the most prominent figures in 20th-century art, Tadeusz Kantor (1915—1990) was a revolutionary in every sense of the term. The Cricot 2 Theatre he founded kept transgressing the traditional boundaries […]
In 2024, as we celebrate the 10th anniversary of Cricoteka’s presence in Podgórze, we are presenting a series of sound installations designed specifically for this building. Throughout the summer, Cricoteka will transform into a giant resonance box, inviting visitors to step inside and experience firsthand how sounds shape the spaces around us. From July to […]
Czas trwania 21 January – 22 March 2026 Every now immediately becomes the past, which, once ultimately forgotten and faded away, may be reconstructed from the traces in the soil where organic and non-organic remains, bone fragments, and rock chips mix. The elements coming from the human body, but also from outside of it, form […]
