"Treasures of Kyiv" in Poznań. The exhibition will feature over 30 works from extraordinary collections.

This Friday, August 29th, a unique exhibition, "Treasures from Kyiv: European Art from the 15th to the 19th Century," will open in Poznań. The National Museum will receive over 30 works on loan from the Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko National Museum of Art in Kyiv – one of the most important museum institutions in Eastern Europe.

Visitors will see paintings by Italian, Dutch, Spanish, and French masters , as well as examples of decorative arts from St. Petersburg to Madrid. The exhibits will also include valuable Polish artifacts, including canvases from the collection of King Stanisław August Poniatowski: "Bacchus and Ariadne" by Louis de Boullogne and "Landscape with a Waterfall on the Right" by Jean-Baptiste Pillement.

Also noteworthy is the portrait of the king himself by Louise-Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun – one of the most famous portrait painters of the 18th century.

The exhibition provides a unique opportunity to engage with early European art, especially since the European Art Gallery at the Poznań Museum is currently closed for renovation . The program also includes accompanying events, including museum lectures, guided tours, and meetings with curators.

Exhibition program:

• August 29, 2025 (Friday), 10:15 a.m. – “Treasures from Kiev”

• August 31, 2025 (Sunday), 12:00 p.m. – curatorial tour

• 07/09/2025 (Sunday), 12:00 – lecture entitled “Jean-Baptiste Pillement – ​​designer, landscape painter, decorator”

• September 18, 2025 (Thursday), 3:30 p.m. – “(De)code old art!”

• 20/09/2025 (Saturday), 11:00 a.m. – “Treasures more valuable than gold – the art of collecting”

• September 21, 2025 (Sunday), 1:00 p.m. – lecture entitled "The stories of paintings from the collection of the Chanenki Museum"

• October 3, 2025 (Friday), 6:00 p.m. – lecture entitled "Architectural Caprices. Architecture between Reality and Fantasy"

• October 16, 2025 (Thursday), 10:30 a.m. – “Collector's Journeys”

• 23/10/2025 (Thursday), 12:00 noon – guided tour of the exhibition

• 25/10/2025 (Sunday), 12:00 noon – curatorial tour

• November 14, 2025 (Friday), 5:00 p.m. – "Workshop of the Old Masters"

• November 21, 2025 (Friday), 6:00 p.m. – lecture entitled "In the Shadow of the Master. Juan Bautista del Mazo, Diego Velázquez and the Mystery of Las Meninas"

• November 22, 2025 (Saturday), 11:00 a.m. – "Treasures from Kiev", "Скарби з Києва"

• November 28, 2025 (Friday), 6:00 p.m. – lecture entitled "The Last Portrait of the Unhappy King. A "Polish" Masterpiece from Kiev"

• 14/12/2025 (Sunday), 12:00 noon – closing curatorial tour