THEMATIC MEETING AT THE EXHIBITION/"All drawings are useful”. About ways of looking and seeing

6 p.m.
meeting with Paulina Adamczyk accompanying the exhibition [Adolph Menzel (1815—1905). The Tireless Observer] (https://www.mnw.art.pl/wystawy/adolph-menzel-18151905-niestrudzony-obserwator,277.html)

The drawing is a record of traces of presence. The drawing is able to capture the trace of an event that has already taken place and is still going on in the form of a visible impulse. Drawing is the moment in which the artist's body leaves an imprint of his energy, his breath, the trembling of the hand, the suddenness or hesitation of the gesture. During the meeting we will seek together these impulses, moods, gestures and all ways that serve the artist to convey his reality. The repertoire of works presented will allow us to get to know the specifics of pencil, charcoal, pastels, gouache, watercolors and their functions, e.g. in studios for paintings and engravings, sketches created in the studio and beyond.

[tickets for PLN 35 and PLN 25 available online from 29 September] (https://bilety.mnw.art.pl/grupa-wydarzen.html?idl=1)

Deadline: Friday, October 9, 2026, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: approx. 60 min
For whom: youth, adults, seniors
Venue: Gathering in the Main Hall
Rules of participation: [tickets at the price of PLN 35 and PLN 25 available online] (https://bilety.mnw.art.pl/termin.html?idl=1&idg=16&idw=1028) and at the box office from Tuesday — two weeks before the event/ number of places limited
Accessibility: no architectural barriers, induction loop, silence room available in the 19th Century Gallery on the 1st floor, possibility to rent sound-absorbing headphones

Paulina Adamczyk — art historian, assistant professor in the Prints and Drawings Office, curator of the Stanisław Wyspiański Hall at the 19th Century Art Gallery of the National Museum of Art, co-author of the Henryk Siemiradzki Painting Corps, researcher of Polish and European art of the 19th century. An important role in the work of the author is the activities in the field of artistic and literary education.

[We invite you to familiarize yourself with the full program accompanying the exhibition] (https://www.mnw.art.pl/edukacja/programy-do-wystaw-czasowych/adolph-menzel-18151905-niestrudzony-obserwator/)

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Illustration: Adolph Menzel, Woman walking around the fountain in the spa garden in Kissingen, 1885, watercolor, gouache, paper, National Museum in Warsaw. [See image in Digital MNW] (https://cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl/pl/zbiory/881174)