HUNTING FOR PAINTING 2026

Join us for HUNTING FOR PAINTING, a vibrant festival celebrating young painting in Szczecin! 🖌️ Experience 7 group exhibitions and 6 solo exhibitions across 11 locations over 4 festival days, featuring accompanying events and special preview shows on Noc Muzeów.

🌆 DIY Creativity: Embrace the spirit of independence in the world of academia through creativity, connections, and spontaneous dialogues surrounding painting. Each edition unveils a new city map, exploring diverse locations.

💭 This Year’s Theme: RUNO symbolizes the subtle structures underpinning contemporary artistic experiments and narratives. The festival marks the culmination of a series of exhibitions of the same name, displayed at the Mieczysław Karłowicz Philharmonic in Szczecin during the 2025/26 artistic season.

🌍 Event Highlights:

• “Pod wspólnym niebem” - Solo exhibition by Bartek Otocki, curated by Magda Lewoc.
• “Haunting of Painting” - Group exhibition featuring an overarching curatorial team. This main festival exhibit explores the hauntology concept in art.
• “Improv Beat Session” - A unique concert-performance by students from the Improvised Music Studio.

📍 Locations Include:

• National Museum in Szczecin - Contemporary Art Museum
• Karłowicz Philharmonic, Szczecin
• Freedom Gallery
• OFF M Gallery, and more!

Don’t miss this artistic journey where the past and present interplay in dynamic visual expressions. 🖼️✨ Check out the event page for further details!