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On Friday, July 17, 2026, the library reading room at the ms¹ branch will be closed to visitors.

72 / 5 000 two overturned orange rectangles with the words "ways of seeing" written on them

72 / 5 000 two overturned orange rectangles with the words "ways of seeing" written on them

Ways of Seeing. Collection of Muzeum sztuki in Łódź

New permanent exhibition

"Ways of Seeing. Collection of Muzeum sztuki w Łodzi" is the new permanent exhibition of the Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź – a multifaceted narrative about 20th- and 21st-century art and about the museum itself as an institution of artistic experimentation, avant-garde thought, and solidarity. The exhibition opens on 17 October 2025 at ms².

Exhibition open in ms², 19 Ogrodowa St.

Monday: closed

Tuesday: 9.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m.

Wednesday: 9.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m.

Thursday: 12.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m.

Friday: 12.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.

Saturday: 12.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m.

Sunday: 12.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m..

The graphic features a white geometric symbol of two interconnected arrows pointing in opposite directions, creating a dynamic diagonal on a yellow background. The black text "Gifts of Friendship" appears in the upper left corner, while the English equivalent "Dary Przyjaźni" appears in the lower right corner.

The graphic features a white geometric symbol of two interconnected arrows pointing in opposite directions, creating a dynamic diagonal on a yellow background. The black text "Gifts of Friendship" appears in the upper left corner, while the English equivalent "Dary Przyjaźni" appears in the lower right corner.

Gifts of Friendship

current exhibition

The Gifts of Friendship exhibition presents nearly 150 works donated to the Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź collections in 2024–26 by nearly 100 artists from dozens of countries. It is one of the largest donations in the history of the institution, and one of the most important presentations of contemporary world art in Poland in recent years.

The exhibition open in two branches: ms¹ 43 Gdańska St. and ms², 19 Ogrodowa St.

Monday: closed

Tuesday: 9.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m.

Wednesday: 9.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m.

Thursday: 12.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m.

Friday: 12.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.

Saturday: 12.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m.

Sunday: 12.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m..

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Graphic on a bright yellow background featuring the phrase "summer at the museum" repeated vertically three times. The letters are spaced out in a grid pattern, with "summer" in dark red, "at the" in pink, and "museum" highlighted in white serif font.

SUMMER AT THE MUSEUM

The graphic features a white geometric symbol of two interconnected arrows pointing in opposite directions, creating a dynamic diagonal on a yellow background. The black text "Gifts of Friendship" appears in the upper left corner, while the English equivalent "Gifts of Friendship" appears in the lower right corner.

Gifts of Friendship

inscription GIFTS OF FRIENDSHIP

Donation: Gifts of Friendship

Ninety artists from all over the world are donating their works to Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź.

four rectangles tilted at different angles, with the inscription "WAYS OF VIEWING" in the upper left corner. COLLECTION OF THE ART MUSEUM IN ŁÓDŹ

Ways of Seeing. Collection of Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź

The catalogue accompanying the latest edition of the permanent exhibition of the Museum of Art in Łódź.

a red rectangle on a pink background with the words "ways of seeing" written on it

Ways of Seeing. Collection of Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź

New permanent exhibition

The black-and-white photograph depicts three limp human bodies lying on a steep, pale, and heavily undulating rocky slope. Two figures in dark trousers and light shirts, and one in a floral dress, rest motionless on their backs, creating a dramatic, unsettling composition.

Mezzanine exhibition: Archive of Aleksander Krzywobłocki and the “artes” Group

The brown graphic features a stylized, rasterized composition with a central, orange inscription reading "SZKOŁA SPOJRZENIA MIASTO." The background features intersecting, simplified shapes resembling figures, complemented by the English inscription "School of Seeing: The City" and two horizontal lines.

School of Seeing: The City

abstraction painting and white worlds St Ives and Elsewhere

St Ives and Elsewhere

The painting depicts the beige cover of Władysław Strzemiński's book "Theory of Seeing." The main graphic motif is a black, abstract outline resembling an eye, within which simple geometric shapes are inscribed

Władysław Strzemiński "Theory of Seeing"

Book cover with black photos, inscriptions and yellow dots

The 1982 Cultural Exchange Between Łódź and Los Angeles (book)

A person with flowers standing in front of a work containing mirror fragments

The 2025 Katarzyna Kobro Award for Joanna Rajkowska

A black and white photo of a person against a background of small elements, above it there are black inscriptions on a light orange background

Antoni Starczewski. Wall of Light

The image presents the book. The cover is white. There are two crossed lines intersecting in the middle, above and below them there are circles. At the top, there is the publication's title in English, at the bottom in Polish.

The Sun Does Not Move. Chapter 35, R. H. Quaytman

The picture show the cover of "The Avant-garde Museum". The cover is black with white writing.

The Avant-garde Museum

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The International Collection of Modern Art of the "a.r." group

Zdjęcie przedstawia okładkę książki. Na fotografii widoczna metalowa rzeźba Kobro o obłych kształtach, w tle białe tło i żółte nieregularne linie. U góry tytuł książki w języku angielskim

Katarzyna Kobro. The Movement of Space-Time

msl.org.pl resources

Joseph Beuys, Polentransport 1981

Wojciech Fangor, Figures

Donation of Mateusz Grabowski

The a.r. group International Modern Art Collection