The Museum is open 11:00 – 19:00
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The Museum is open 11:00 – 19:00
Cinema is closed now
FOR FAMILIES
Dates for palm tree. Workshops with Joanna Rajkowska
Age group and language
This event is open to everyone. Join in anytime!
Location
Auditorium
Admission
Free admission thanks to cooperation with Audi
Joanna Rajkowska, "Greetings from Aleje Jerozolimskie," since 2002
photo: Marta Ejsmont
The Warsaw Palm Tree is waiting for new fruit! Join us at the Museum of Modern Art and let's do something together for one of the most famous trees in Poland, which has been greeting us from Rondo de Gaulle in Warsaw for over 20 years.
Joanna Rajkowska's famous installation ("Greetings from Aleje Jerozolimskie") is more than just a monument. Although it stands in urban space rather than inside our building, it belongs to the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw and is a living participant in the urban spectacle. In order for the Palm Tree to bear fruit in the new season, it needs our help. On two Saturdays in March, we invite you to the MSN Auditorium, where we will create new bunches of dates for it together. Dates are also amulets—they are considered sacred fruits with symbolic meaning, especially in Middle Eastern cultures and religions such as Islam and Judaism: they symbolize fertility, abundance, and hospitality.
Come and contribute your brick (or rather, your date!). You don't have to be an artist, you don't have to know how to sew or be skilled at manual work. What matters is the desire to do something together. Our Auditorium on the ground floor will be transformed into an open, relaxed workshop area.
Joanna Rajkowska's famous installation ("Greetings from Aleje Jerozolimskie") is more than just a monument. Although it stands in urban space rather than inside our building, it belongs to the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw and is a living participant in the urban spectacle. In order for the Palm Tree to bear fruit in the new season, it needs our help. On two Saturdays in March, we invite you to the MSN Auditorium, where we will create new bunches of dates for it together. Dates are also amulets—they are considered sacred fruits with symbolic meaning, especially in Middle Eastern cultures and religions such as Islam and Judaism: they symbolize fertility, abundance, and hospitality.
Come and contribute your brick (or rather, your date!). You don't have to be an artist, you don't have to know how to sew or be skilled at manual work. What matters is the desire to do something together. Our Auditorium on the ground floor will be transformed into an open, relaxed workshop area.
- Complete freedom: You can drop in for a moment while visiting the exhibitions, or stay with us for longer.
- For everyone: Adults, teenagers, children, and seniors are all welcome.
- On-site support: Our educators will provide all the materials, show you a simple technique for making dates, and ensure a great atmosphere.
This is a great opportunity to spend your Saturday afternoon in a creative and relaxing way, and at the same time become part of the history of Palma. The fruits of your labor will hang on the tree and decorate the city center, reminding everyone of the power of working together.
We are working together with the National Museum in Warsaw (where the event was held last year) and with the artist herself, Joanna Rajkowska.
We are waiting for you – let's do it together for our Warsaw tree!
Joanna Rajkowska
Author of public projects, objects, films, installations, and artistic interventions. She studied mural painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow in the studio of Prof. Jerzy Nowosielski and art history at the Jagiellonian University. Winner of the Polityka Passport Award in the visual arts category (2007), the Polish Culture Foundation's main award for lifetime achievement (2010), the Maria Anto and Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven Art Award (2022), and the City of Warsaw Award (2023).
