Past Exhibitions
Brilliance of Time. Japanese Laquerware in the Decorative Art
30.11.2025 - 22.02.2026
Visitors will encounter a wide range of decorative methods: shimmering gold maki-e, delicate mother-of-pearl inlay raden, and carved choshitsu lacquer. The exhibition also reveals the process behind lacquerware: from collecting the raw sap, through its refinement, coloring, and the preparation of substrates, to the meticulous application of multiple layers.
Echoes of Edo, Glimpses of Meiji
The Art of Mizuno Toshikata
17.09.2025 - 16.11.2025
Exhibition is not only a first in Europe, but also the largest exhibition of Toshikata’s colour woodblock prints ever held anywhere in the world. This endeavour is part of the recent efforts to bring the artist back to the public’s attention and also to contribute to a better appreciation of his artwork.
BIJUTSU SEKAI / THE WORLD OF ART
From the Collection of the Manggha Museum: The Gift of Raymond Milewski
17.09.2025 - 16.11.2025
An aspect of Meiji Era Japanese art that is practically unknown to the Polish public: the art magazine Bijutsu Sekai (The World of Art), edited and largely illustrated by Watanabe Seitei (1852–1918), as well as masterly kuchi-e and sashi-e for various publications.
Tremor
29.08.2025 - 07.09.2025
The artist’s practice involves an analytical approach to the components of landscape. Sikora generates her own system of signs, a kind of code in which she records and processes impressions harvested from nature. The challenge of tackling the stony matter consists in contemplative, well-nigh ritual probing of its rhythm and structure.
Suiseki
12th International Sanseki Exhibition and 1st National Suiseki Exhibition
26.08.2025 - 05.10.2025
The exhibition draws upon the classical methods of displaying stones combined with Polish suiseki collectors’ exhibits.
The Ground Hardens After Rain
17 - 22 June 2025
Project that offers an opportunity to take a look at the condition of man and the nature that surrounds us through the metaphor of water, rain, and tears. The works on display are by Krakow’s artists of the young generation while the curatorial team are members of the Manggha Museum Youth Council.