Galeria Olympia is an
art gallery
An art gallery is a room or a building in which visual art is displayed. In Western cultures from the mid-15th century, a gallery was any long, narrow covered passage along a wall, first used in the sense of a place for art in the 1590s. The lon ...
in
Cracow, Poland established in 1999, that shows works by contemporary artists. Its name refers to the name of the founder, Olimpia Maciejewska, and to the title of a
1863 painting by Edouard Manet. The gallery is located at Szlak 13 Street in Kraków.
Activity
Galeria Olympia was established on 4 June 1999. It was located at Koletek Street until 2001, then it was moved several times. Since 2013 it ran in the
Podgórze district, at Limanowskiego Street 24/4b. In 2022 the gallery moved to the new address, Szlak 13 Street.
The gallery is run by Fred Gijbels Foundation. Each year it organises various solo exhibitions and at least one group exhibition focusing on a given issue. It held events that were part of
Photo Month in Krakow and
Conrad Festival (exhibition ''The Great Forties'').
Exhibitions previews were a regular contribution to
''Gadający Pies'' magazine.
Artists
Artists shown at the gallery include:
*
Bogusław Bachorczyk
* Ireneusz Bęc
*
Ewa Ciepielewska
* Wojciech Ćwiertniewicz
*
Edward Fella
Edward Fella (born 1938) is an American graphic designer, artist and educator. He created the OutWest typeface in 1993. His work is held in the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, the Brauer Museum of Art, and the Museum of ...
* Raffaella Gentile
* Adam Golec
* Katarzyna Kmita
*
Bogumił Książek
* Robert Motelski
* Andrzej Pilichowski-Ragno
* Adam Rzepecki
* Łódź Kaliska group
*
Tomasz Vetulani
Tomasz Jerzy Vetulani (born 21 December 1965) is a Polish Painting, painter, Drawing, drawer and Sculpture, sculptor. Born and educated in Kraków, he moved to Utrecht in 1991, and he has been active there since, holding also a citizenship of the ...
* Piotr Wachowski
References
External links
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Art museums and galleries in Poland
Culture in Kraków
1999 establishments in Poland